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John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 18:37 To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.
Man has no
nobler function than to defend the truth. - Ruth McKenney "Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light". Oliver Wendell Holmes
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
In searching for the truth be ready for the unexpected.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.
Truth is such a rare thing, it is delighted to tell it.
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.
Truth,
crushed to earth, shall rise again.
The easiest
person to deceive is one's self.
Men stumble
over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry
off as if nothing happened.
The exact
contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
Truth never
damages a cause that is just.
The spirit of
truth and the spirit of freedom--they are the pillars of society.
The
advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
Man has no nobler function than to defend the
truth.
It is hard to
believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie
if you were in his place.
Political
language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder
respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
He who does not bellow the truth when he knows
the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.
Repetition does not transform a lie into a
truth.
All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is
ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being
self-evident.
The truth is
always the strongest argument.
The moment we
begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that
is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the
divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is
because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Beware of the half truth. You may have gotten
hold of the wrong half.
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