To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.

But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have read more

You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.

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.

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.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for
the most part, refuse to be written.

Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for
the most part, refuse to be written.

The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.

The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.