People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

Quote by George RR Martin

Topics: Human Nature Quotes, People Quotes, Truth Quotes

Help someone, you earn a friend. Help someone too much, you make an enemy.

Help someone, you earn a friend. Help someone too much, you make an enemy.

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what...

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what...

When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When...

When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When...

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and Im not sure about the...

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and Im not sure about the...

I fall, I rise, I make mistakes, I live, I learn, I've been hurt but...

I fall, I rise, I make mistakes, I live, I learn, I've been hurt but...

A sensible person is one who has a sensitive nature towards all living creatures and...

A sensible person is one who has a sensitive nature towards all living creatures and...

You only ask people about themselves so you can tell them about yourself.

You only ask people about themselves so you can tell them about yourself.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...

The problem with people is that they're only human.

The problem with people is that they're only human.

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or...

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or...

I have learned now that while those who speak about ones miseries usually hurt, those...

I have learned now that while those who speak about ones miseries usually hurt, those...

Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or...

Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or...

Man is the only creature whose emotions are entangled with his memory.

Man is the only creature whose emotions are entangled with his memory.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give...

The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give...

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.