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Never assume the obvious is true.
Never assume the obvious is true.
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not read more
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
 Think truly, and thy thoughts
 Shall the world's famine feed.
  Speak truly, and each word of thine
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 Think truly, and thy thoughts
 Shall the world's famine feed.
  Speak truly, and each word of thine
   Shall be a fruitful seed.
    Live truly, and thy life shall be
     A great and noble creed. 
 For truth is precious and divine;
 Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.  
 For truth is precious and divine;
 Too rich a pearl for carnal swine. 
I do not want faith, I want knowledge. I do not want hope, I want truth.
I do not want faith, I want knowledge. I do not want hope, I want truth.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
Nobody dies nowadays of fatal truths: there are too many antidotes to them.
Nobody dies nowadays of fatal truths: there are too many antidotes to them.
True holiness consists in doing God's will with a smile
True holiness consists in doing God's will with a smile