“Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.”
— Samuel Johnson
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“I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice… I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.”
— William Lloyd Garrison
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“The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.”
— Edmond de Goncourt
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“You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.”
— Maimonides
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“Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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“In order to create lasting security you must learn to stand in your truth.”
— Suze Orman
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“I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living.”
— Bonnie Raitt
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“Facts are many, but the truth is one.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
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“Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.”
— Herman Melville
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“For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.”
— Aristotle
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“The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.”
— Jeremy Bentham
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