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What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim read more
What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup. -Boris Pasternak.
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.
There are truths that are not for all men, nor for all times.
There are truths that are not for all men, nor for all times.
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.
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.]
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not read more
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
Many have screwed the truth, but few
have called her the next day.
Many have screwed the truth, but few
have called her the next day.