"It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man."

Truth, Effort, Man, Worth

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"It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man."

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"Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

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"Sometimes dead is better."

Stephen King, American Author

Truth, Death, Burial, Fear

"A false potential can dress itself up as attractive ideas."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"Truth does not sit in a cave and hide like a lie. It wanders around proudly and roars loudly like a lion."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Truth, Courage, Visibility, Honesty

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Truth, Fact, Opinion, Perspective

"The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

Truth, Prejudice, Reality, Work

"Truth was not meant to be told but found."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Truth, Life, Meaning, Existence

"Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

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"Macy: "In Truth, I said, "there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.Wes: "How do you win? he askedMacy: "That, I said, "is such a boy question."

"Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it."

"Sometimes dead is better."

"A false potential can dress itself up as attractive ideas."

"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened."

"Truth does not sit in a cave and hide like a lie. It wanders around proudly and roars loudly like a lion."

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."

"The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true."

"Truth was not meant to be told but found."

"Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are."

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"For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity."

"If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose."

"Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy."

"For the will and not the gift makes the giver."

"Would that we could at once paint with the eyes! In the long way from the eye through the arm to the pencil, how much is lost!"

"Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone."

"Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever."

"One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough."

"A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes."

"They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds."