Chapter 129: Publishing Advance

The Parables of Life,

The Communion with Nature;

A Faith full of Hope

A Universe of Creation

And then, the Implicit Order of Things;

The Scripture of the Lord

A Premise of Peace.

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Love is a verb, not a noun.

It is active.

Love is not just feelings of 

passion and romance.

It is behavior.

If a man lies to you, he is behaving

badly and unlovimgly toward you.

He is disrespecting you and your relationship.

The words "I love you" are not enough

to make up for that.

Don't kid yourself that they are.

Susan Forward, When Your Lover is a Liar:

Healing the Wounds of Deception and Betrayal

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

An evil soul producing holy witness

Is like a villain with smiling cheek,

A goodly apple rotten at the heart.

O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

William Shakespeare,

The Merchant of Venice

"Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy,

"than the appearance of humility. It is often

carelessness of opinion, and sometimes

an indirect boast."

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Do not be deceived: "Bad company

ruins good morals." Don't be fooled by those

who say such things, for "bad company

corrupts good character."

1 Corinthians 15:33, The Holy Bible

You must remember, my dear lady,

the most important rule of any illusion:

First, the people must want to believe it.

Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing

A rumour is a social cancer: it is difficult to

contain and it rots the brains of the masses.

However, the real danger is that so many

people find rumours enjoyable.

That part causes the infection.

And in such cases when a rumour is only

partially made of truth, it is difficult to

pinpoint exactly where the information may

have gone wrong. It is passed on and on

until some brave soul questions its validity;

that brave soul refuses to bite the apple

and let the apple eat him. Forced to start

from scratch for the sake of purity and truth,

that brave soul, figuratively speaking, fully

amputates the information in order to protect

its personal judgment. In other words, his

ignorance is to be valued more than

the lie believed to be true.

Criss Jami, Killosophy

Those who plead their cause in the absence

of an opponent can invent to their heart's

content, can pontificate without taking imto

account the opposite point of view and keep

the best arguments to themselves, for

aggressors are always quick to attack

those who have no means of defense.

Christine de Pizan,

The Letter of the God of Love

Youth is easily deceived because

it is quick to hope.

Aristotle

Love binds, and it binds forever.

Good binds while evil unravels.

Separation is another word for evil;

it is also another word for deceit.

Michel Houellebecq,

The Elementary Particles

Religion is like a blind man

looking in a dark room for a

black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Oscar Wilde

Over time, hidden truths morph

in the dark soil of deceit into something

much worse.

Patti Callahan Henry,

Between The Tides

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