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Arm thyself for the truth!
Arm thyself for the truth!
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
...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.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not read more
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be read more
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
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.]