“The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America.”
— Richard Dawkins
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When you stretch the truth, watch out
“When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.”
— Bill Copeland
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Even in literature and art, no man
“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”
— C. S. Lewis
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Truth is on the side of the
“Truth is on the side of the oppressed.”
— Malcolm X
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An honest man speaks the truth, though
“An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.”
— William Hazlitt
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My illness has taught me something about
“My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.”
— Lee Atwater
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There are only two ways of telling
“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.”
— Thomas Sowell
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We are volcanoes. When we women offer
“We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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What is earnest is not always true;
“What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.”
— Benjamin Disraeli
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
“The best mind-altering drug is the truth.”
— Lily Tomlin
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Not everyone can see the truth, but
“Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.”
— Franz Kafka
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