The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on read more

The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which nothing is assumed.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is read more

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

If it is not true it is very well invented.
[It., Se non e vero, e molto ben trovato.]

If it is not true it is very well invented.
[It., Se non e vero, e molto ben trovato.]

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light--every
eye looking on finds its own.

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light--every
eye looking on finds its own.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

The first reaction to truth is hatred

The first reaction to truth is hatred

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or read more

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.