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If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out
If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out
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.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.
I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.
Never assume the obvious is true.
Never assume the obvious is true.
The truth is more important than the facts.
The truth is more important than the facts.
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!