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Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing read more
Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. -Winston Churchill.
... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease read more
Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many. -Spinoza.
I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
Truth springs from argument amongst friends. -David Hume.
Truth springs from argument amongst friends. -David Hume.
Truth exists. Only lies are invented.
Truth exists. Only lies are invented.
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid read more
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition to stand up for it.
Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she read more
Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him. -H.L. Mencken.