“Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.”
— Jules Renard
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So near is falsehood to truth that
“So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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In the last few years, the very
“In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted.”
— Michael Musto
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Irony regards every simple truth as a
“Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.”
— Mason Cooley
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The object of the superior man is
“The object of the superior man is truth.”
— Confucius
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In truth, politeness is artificial good humor,
“In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.”
— Thomas Jefferson
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Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever
“Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.”
— Albert Pike
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It is no great art to say
“It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar – that I call an achievement.”
— Horace
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The truth is, hardly any of us
“The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.”
— George Bernard Shaw
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Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
“Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.”
— Harry S. Truman
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All the truth in the world adds
“All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.”
— Bob Dylan
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