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The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be read more
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. -Niels Bohr.
A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.
A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.
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.
I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
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.'
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
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.
I don't give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it is hell.
I don't give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it is hell.
Great is truth, and strongest of all.
Great is truth, and strongest of all.