"We know truth for the cruel instrument it is. Beauty is infinitely preferable to truth."
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"The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion, but, on the contrary, of its liberality and humanity. It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted, and only a few things are forbidden."
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"The truth is that there are no things for which men will make such herculean efforts as the things of which they know they are unworthy."
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"Half a truth is better than no politics."
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"The truth is an anti-war statement in itself."
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"If the truth is told how I want to be remembered... as someone who cared. Someone who worked really hard and someone who didn't sit around."
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"He who listens to truth is not less than he who utters truth."
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"The truth is a precious commodity. That's why I use it so sparingly."
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"Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time."
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"Truth is such a precious article - let us all economize in its use."
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"Truth is stranger than fishin."
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"Telling the truth is absolutely important."
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"The essential thing is not that there be many truths in a work, but that no truth be abused."
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"Sadly, the truth is, there aren't many people who can be put in high positions who won't start thinking highly of themselves."
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"The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God."
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"The truth is, anyone can start projects. The world is full of just-started projects that looked great at the time but were never completed."
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"The peculiarity of the evidence of mathematical truths is that all the argument is on one side."
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"The truth is that in our lives we are all going to encounter questions that should be answered, that deserve to be answered, and yet prove unanswerable."
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"The opposite of every truth is just as true."
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"Truth is so difficult to hear about. It must be experienced."
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