Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.

Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

You never find yourself until you face the truth

You never find yourself until you face the truth

If it is not true it is very well invented.
[It., Se non e vero, e molto ben trovato.]

If it is not true it is very well invented.
[It., Se non e vero, e molto ben trovato.]

Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

Nobody dies nowadays of fatal truths: there are too many antidotes to them.

Nobody dies nowadays of fatal truths: there are too many antidotes to them.

How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!

How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.