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"The main thing is to have a soul that loves the truth and harbours it where he finds it. And another thing: truth requires constant repetition, because error is being preached about us all the time, and not only by isolated individuals but by the masses. In the newspapers and encyclopedias, in schools and universities, everywhere error rides high and basks in the consciousness of having the majority on its side."
"Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism."
"Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant."
"It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth."
"The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
"Truth travels slowly, but it will reach even you in time."
"A lie stands on one leg, truth on two."
"The truth Has to be melted out of our stubborn lives By suffering. Nothing speaks the truth, Nothing tells us how things really are, Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain. And this is how the gods declare their love."
"Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth."
"We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood."
"For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead."
"A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth."
"A genius may perhaps be a century ahead of his age and hence stands there as a paradox, but in the end, the race will assimilate what was once a paradox, so it is no longer paradoxical."
"The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness."
"Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee."
"Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical."
"The truth can only be recalled, never invented."
"The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself."
"Sincerity is not a test of truth. We must not make this mistake: He must be right; he's so sincere. Because, it is possible to be sincerely wrong. We can only judge truth by truth and sincerity by sincerity."
"The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood."
