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"Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth."
Nicolas de Chamfort
"Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth."
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"The truth is that I'm constitutionally incapable of doing an ordinary job."
Dylan Moran
"The truth is that I'm constitutionally incapable of doing an ordinary job."
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"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."
Albert Camus
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."
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"Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals."
Abdolkarim Soroush
"Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals."
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"I think fiction is a very serious thing, that while it is fiction, it is also a revelation of truth, or facts."
John McGahern
"I think fiction is a very serious thing, that while it is fiction, it is also a revelation of truth, or facts."
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"We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood."
William James
"We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood."
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"Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good."
Henry Rollins
"Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good."
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"But while we can never predict where events will take us or the unavoidable bills we will have to pay as a consequence, we must confront the ghastly truth of Labour's legacy."
Liam Fox
"But while we can never predict where events will take us or the unavoidable bills we will have to pay as a consequence, we must confront the ghastly truth of Labour's legacy."
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"Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking."
Margaret Fuller
"Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking."
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"A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."
Max Planck
"A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."
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"A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth."
Will Rogers
"A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth."
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"You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The idea of being a troubadour on the road singing for your supper was very disturbing to him."
James Earl Jones
"You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The idea of being a troubadour on the road singing for your supper was very disturbing to him."
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"And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence."
William Peter Blatty
"And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence."
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"A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here."
Quentin Tarantino
"A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here."
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"I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy."
Mason Cooley
"I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy."
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"You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes."
Maimonides
"You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes."
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"Humility is truth."
Desiderius Erasmus
"Humility is truth."
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"I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown older."
Catherine Drinker Bowen
"I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown older."
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"If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason."
James Madison
"If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason."
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"I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice."
Anne Heche
"I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice."
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"The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man's frail and human effort to approach the truth. To reject the word is to reject the human search."
Max Lerner
"The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man's frail and human effort to approach the truth. To reject the word is to reject the human search."
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"For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen."
John Dryden
"For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen."
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"If I have any advice to give to the Syrian president it is to cooperate for the sake of the investigation or for the sake of uncovering the truth."
Walid Jumblatt
"If I have any advice to give to the Syrian president it is to cooperate for the sake of the investigation or for the sake of uncovering the truth."
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"Beneath the pain of your fears, wild and ready, lives your truth, the essence of your singular beauty, hoping, waiting for you to set it free."
Scott Stabile
"Beneath the pain of your fears, wild and ready, lives your truth, the essence of your singular beauty, hoping, waiting for you to set it free."
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"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence."
Henri Frederic Amiel
"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence."
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"Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'"
Khalil Gibran
"Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'"
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"What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!"
Georges Bernanos
"What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!"
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"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
Buddha
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
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"A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth."
Joseph Conrad
"A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth."
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"Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also."
Carl Jung
"Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also."
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"I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It is the truth."
Brad Pitt
"I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It is the truth."
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"Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life."
Joyce Meyer
"Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life."
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"Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth."
Khalil Gibran
"Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth."
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"In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions."
William Osler
"In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions."
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"The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood."
Leslie Stephen
"The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood."
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"It's a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It's not the truth I'm here to say. You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don't care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie."
Michael Jackson
"It's a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It's not the truth I'm here to say. You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don't care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie."
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"I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had."
Michael Connelly
"I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had."
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"You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter."
Nicholas Sparks
"You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter."
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"The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections."
Fred Barnes
"The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections."
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"Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage."
Hosea Ballou
"Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage."
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"Although I had arrived in total darkness the light of truth at once burst upon my mind and I perceived most clearly that the republicans had overreached themselves."
Francis Bond Head
"Although I had arrived in total darkness the light of truth at once burst upon my mind and I perceived most clearly that the republicans had overreached themselves."
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"There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake."
Kenneth L. Pike
"There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake."
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"We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff."
Dean Stanley
"We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff."
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"We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth."
Carl Jung
"We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth."
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"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."
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"Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out."
Francis Bacon
"Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out."
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"Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind."
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"Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not."
William James
"Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not."
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"All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified."
Thomas Huxley
"All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified."
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"We are free to yield to truth."
Horace
"We are free to yield to truth."
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