To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. Nicolaus Copernicus
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. George Eliot Life
Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more. Oscar Wilde Ambition
Well, you know, I mean, she was so wonderful, and she really played the role to perfection. Julianne Moore Perfection
We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things. Hesiod
I know, it's true. I've played these tortured teenagers. I can't wait to shed that image. Claire Danes
A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away. Antoine De Saint-Exupery Perfection
To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue. Walter Scott Perfection Virtue
When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift Genius
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true. John Steinbeck
For me, I have to say that I like to work a lot too, but I like not working better. The perfect scenario is when you just worked and you know something's coming up, then you have four, five, six months off. But you know you're going to have a job later. Salma Hayek
For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent. Giacomo Casanova Faith
Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life. Luigi Pirandello
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. Henry David Thoreau
