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The relationship in the sonnet reeks of trust issues as the speaker doesn't trust his beloved's faithfulness and is convinced that she lies to him, and he also lies to her; however, they both are aware of lies but have accepted them as truths to keep their love going as if confrontation will end it.
The phrase "Cretans, always liars" was quoted by the poet Callimachus in his Hymn to Zeus, with the same theological intent as Epimenides: O Zeus, some say that thou wert born on the hills of Ida; Others, O Zeus, say in Arcadia; Did these or those, O Father lie? -- "Cretans are ever liars". Yea, a tomb, O Lord, for thee the Cretans builded;
All we can do, Frost states, is “suppose.”. But, the “Secret,” which some may interpret as the deepest secrets of life, sits in the middle of our circle and “knows.”. The knowledge that “we” are seeking is there, right in the middle of our lives, but we can’t quite reach it.
To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery. Octavia Butler.
16 sty 2022 · Sweetened with a smattering of charm, Your Word slakes thirsty minds with draughts of reason: Sagacious waves of thought that stave off harm. Your Word frees swindled souls who’ve swallowed horror: A swill of lies that choke unspoken dreams. It chides the cheats and shames the sly abhorrer.
5 gru 2016 · Lying is essential to humanity. It plays as large a part perhaps as the quest for pleasure, and is moreover governed by that quest. One lies in order to protect one’s pleasure, or one’s honour if the disclosure of one’s pleasure runs counter to one’s honour. One lies all one’s life long, even, especially, perhaps only, to those who ...
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
