"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."
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"First, what does truth require? It requires us to face the facts as they are, not to involve ourselves in self-deception; to refuse to think merely in slogans. If we are to work for the future of the city, let us deal with the realities as they actually are, not as they might have been, and not as we wish they were."
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"Controversy for the sake of controversy is sin. Controversy for the sake of truth is a divine command."
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"When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do."
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"Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it."
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"Racism keeps people who are being managed from finding out the truth through contact with each other."
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"Death left its old tragic heaven and became the lyrical core of man: his invisible truth, his visible secret."
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"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
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"All great truths begin as blasphemies."
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"When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken."
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"Truth to tell, we are all criminals if we remain silent."
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"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."
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"All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie."
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"A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous."
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"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."
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"Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true."
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"If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it."
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"Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation."
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"Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you."
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"Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society."
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