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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.
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
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.
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who have loved it.
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who have loved it.
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.
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below.
Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below.
Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light--every
eye looking on finds its own.
Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light--every
eye looking on finds its own.
