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... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor.
A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
[Lat., Veritatis absolutus sermo ac semper est simplex.]
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
[Lat., Veritatis absolutus sermo ac semper est simplex.]
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all read more
Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it
Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it
