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"Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native lustre about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot be painted."
"Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain"
"Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of serious reflection upon them."
"Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible."
"The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek."
"They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it."
"Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it."
"Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth."
"Tell the children the truth."
"In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it."
"Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object."
"The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth."
"Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them."
"Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors."
"Emotional access to the truth is the indispensable precondition of healing."
"The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself."
"Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning."
"It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
"Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost."
"Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams."
