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Truth is often attended with danger.
[Lat., Pericula veritati saepe contigua.]
Truth is often attended with danger.
[Lat., Pericula veritati saepe contigua.]
I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a billion people are still false.
The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a billion people are still false.
I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or read more
I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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.
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.]
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.
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.
The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion humility. -Charles Colton.
The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion humility. -Charles Colton.