How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!

How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!

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.]

What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim read more

What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup. -Boris Pasternak.

How sweet the words of Truth, breath'd from the lips of Love.

How sweet the words of Truth, breath'd from the lips of Love.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of
the demand.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of
the demand.

Truth crushed to earth shall rise again:
Th' eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, read more

Truth crushed to earth shall rise again:
Th' eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies among his worshippers.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever read more

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.