"Truth is the recognition of reality; reason, man's only means of knowledge, is his only standard of truth."
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"Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed."
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"Man can embody truth but he cannot know it."
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"A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently."
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"For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine."
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"History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions."
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"Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors."
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"All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified."
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"Truth never hurts the teller."
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"A man of faith will remain steadfast to truth even though the whole world might appear to be enveloped in falsehood."
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"The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness."
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"Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another."
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"Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat."
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"You can follow the action, which gets you good pictures. You can follow your instincts, which will probably get you in trouble. Or, you can follow the money, which nine times out of ten will get you closer to the truth."
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"The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received notions than to help the search for truth. So it does more harm than good."
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"Truth is a naked and open daylight"
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"Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?"
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"Do not try to be what you are not, be what you are. The Universe has a built in truth recognizer, what ever is false about you, it will expose to light, either through you or others, pay attention."
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"Truth is mighty and it will prevail."
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"I believe in everything - a little bit."
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