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"Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor."
David Hare
"Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor."
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"In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact."
Ernest Renan
"In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact."
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"It's useless to lecture a human."
Rick Riordan
"It's useless to lecture a human."
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"The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold."
Albert Pike
"The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold."
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"And suddenly, like light in darkness, the real truth broke in upon me; the simple fact of Man, which I had forgotten, which had lain deep buried and out of sight; the idea of community, of unity."
Ernst Toller
"And suddenly, like light in darkness, the real truth broke in upon me; the simple fact of Man, which I had forgotten, which had lain deep buried and out of sight; the idea of community, of unity."
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"It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are."
Stanley Fish
"It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are."
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"Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to have paid attention, not to matters of fiction, but to the investigation of the truth."
Lactantius
"Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to have paid attention, not to matters of fiction, but to the investigation of the truth."
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"For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it."
Patrick Henry
"For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it."
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"In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds."
David Blaine
"In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds."
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"I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in and boast of it."
Edward Irving
"I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in and boast of it."
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"Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth."
Joan of Arc
"Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth."
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"It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face."
Kevin Spacey
"It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face."
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"Without the ability of issue groups to tell the truth, who knows what the public will believe."
Paul Weyrich
"Without the ability of issue groups to tell the truth, who knows what the public will believe."
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"Error is always more busy than truth."
Hosea Ballou
"Error is always more busy than truth."
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"I am a friend of Adventist people and a lover of truth."
Walter Martin
"I am a friend of Adventist people and a lover of truth."
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"As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions."
Hans Kung
"As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions."
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"Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you."
Thomas Kretschmann
"Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you."
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"I have no intention of becoming a shorthand author."
Isaac Pitman
"I have no intention of becoming a shorthand author."
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"I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me."
Moliere
"I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me."
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"Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth."
Edith Hamilton
"Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth."
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"Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them."
Umberto Eco
"Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them."
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"We don't have truth delivered to us very often, especially in this very commercialized world."
Hal Holbrook
"We don't have truth delivered to us very often, especially in this very commercialized world."
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"A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous."
Alfred Adler
"A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous."
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"When affection only speaks, truth is not always there."
Thomas Middleton
"When affection only speaks, truth is not always there."
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"If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth."
George Bancroft
"If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth."
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"A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth."
Thomas Mann
"A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth."
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"Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult."
George Eliot
"Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult."
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"Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite."
James Broughton
"Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite."
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"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version."
Oliver North
"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version."
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"There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost."
Jean Rostand
"There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost."
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"The most powerful element in advertising is the truth."
William Bernbach
"The most powerful element in advertising is the truth."
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"My husband says I can do anything I put my mind to, but the truth i, the only thing I want to do is act."
Kathleen Turner
"My husband says I can do anything I put my mind to, but the truth i, the only thing I want to do is act."
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"Notwithstanding this high Ecclesiastical authority, he who dared accept truth only because it could be proved, or proved to be good, and disregard authority, was commonly stigmatized as an infidel."
Ethan A. Hitchcock
"Notwithstanding this high Ecclesiastical authority, he who dared accept truth only because it could be proved, or proved to be good, and disregard authority, was commonly stigmatized as an infidel."
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"The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth."
Jean de la Bruyere
"The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth."
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"Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one."
William Gurnall
"Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one."
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"Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not."
Francis Wright
"Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not."
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"Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things."
Lactantius
"Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things."
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"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?"
Elizabeth II
"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?"
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"Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance."
W. Clement Stone
"Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance."
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"There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative."
Allan Bloom
"There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative."
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"As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture."
Edmond De Goncourt
"As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture."
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"No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does."
Anita Brookner
"No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does."
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"For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth."
Bo Bennett
"For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth."
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"The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth."
Alan Dershowitz
"The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth."
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"It is always good policy to tell the truth unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar."
Jerome K. Jerome
"It is always good policy to tell the truth unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar."
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"The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence."
Rabindranath Tagore
"The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence."
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"The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth."
Pierre Bayle
"The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth."
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"I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance."
Stephen Fry
"I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance."
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"I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth."
Reinhold Niebuhr
"I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth."
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"I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others."
Edward Tufte
"I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others."
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