Lie/paradoxes

Famous quotes containing the words lie and/or paradoxes:

    “Up, lad: thews that lie and cumber
    Sunlit pallets never thrive;
    Morns abed and daylight slumber
    Were not meant for man alive.”
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    “The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace.”
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)