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Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
The first reaction to truth is hatred
The first reaction to truth is hatred
He said true things, but called them by wrong names.
He said true things, but called them by wrong names.
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again:
Th' eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, read more
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again:
Th' eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies among his worshippers.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for read more
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a billion people are still false.
The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a billion people are still false.
The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.