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The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.
The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.
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.
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of
the demand.
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of
the demand.
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.
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.
But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.
I don't give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it is hell.
I don't give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it is hell.
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.