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A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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.
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.]
Great is truth, and strongest of all.
Great is truth, and strongest of all.
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.
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
Truth exists. Only lies are invented.
Truth exists. Only lies are invented.
Truth is mighty and will prevail.
[Lat., Magna est veritas et praevalebit.]
Truth is mighty and will prevail.
[Lat., Magna est veritas et praevalebit.]
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.