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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.
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.'
Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her read more
Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger.
Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.
Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
Truth has not such an urgent air.
[Fr., La verite n'a point cet air impetueux.]
Truth has not such an urgent air.
[Fr., La verite n'a point cet air impetueux.]
At times truth may not seem probable.
[Fr., Le vrai peut quelquefois n'etre pas vraisemblable.]
At times truth may not seem probable.
[Fr., Le vrai peut quelquefois n'etre pas vraisemblable.]
To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't.
To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't.