“Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.”
— Abraham Maslow
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First and last, what is demanded of
“First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it
“Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
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We are not afraid to entrust the
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
— John F. Kennedy
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Even truth needs to be clad in
“Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.”
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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If we are to take for the
“If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason.”
— James Madison
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Truth is always a delusion.
“Truth is always a delusion.”
— Friedrich Durrenmatt
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A good man often appears gauche simply
“A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.”
— Alanis Morissette
Author: Alanis Morissette
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I talk about the gods, I am
“I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
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For Africa to me… is more than
“For Africa to me… is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.”
— Maya Angelou
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Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this
“Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man – the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
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