“To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.”
— Bayard Rustin
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By means of microscopic observation and astronomical
“By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.”
— Yukio Mishima
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I have been thinking that I would
“I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends… that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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Whoever is careless with the truth in
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”
— Albert Einstein
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Since obscenity is the truth of our
“Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art – or almost the only stuff.”
— David Herbert Lawrence
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Only when we realize that there is
“Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.”
— Hu Shih
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A caricature is putting the face of
“A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth.”
— Joseph Conrad
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A scientific truth does not triumph by
“A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”
— Max Planck
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Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery
“Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.”
— David Herbert Lawrence
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The absurd is the essential concept and
“The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.”
— Albert Camus
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Personality is only ripe when a man
“Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
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