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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -Oscar Wilde.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -Oscar Wilde.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
One man with courage makes a majority.
One man with courage makes a majority.
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.
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.
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.
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.