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...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either...
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either...
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
[Lat., Veritatis absolutus sermo ac semper est simplex.]
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
[Lat., Veritatis absolutus sermo ac semper est simplex.]
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.
But above all things truth is victor.
But above all things truth is victor.
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid read more
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition to stand up for it.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
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.
