Short quotations about, truth - Page 2

Dr. Smiley Blanton

The truth is that all of us attain …

24 Sep , 2019  

The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent. Great short quote and quotation by: Dr. Smiley Blanton ,

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Winston Spencer Churchill

The truth is so precious that she m…

24 Sep , 2019  

The truth is so precious that she must be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies. Great short quote and quotation by: Winston Spencer Churchill ,

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The truth is rarely pure and never …

24 Sep , 2019  

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895, Act I , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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Thomas Merton

The truth that many people never un…

24 Sep , 2019  

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Merton , US religious author, […]

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Herbert Agar

The truth that makes men free is fo…

24 Sep , 2019  

The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear. Great short quote and quotation by: Herbert Agar ,

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The "Xlib Programming Manual"

The truth of the matter is that win…

24 Sep , 2019  

The truth of the matter is that window management under X is not yet well understood. Great short quote and quotation by: The “Xlib Programming Manual” ,

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Terry Pratchett, A Discworld Novel

The truth may be out there, but the…

24 Sep , 2019  

The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Great short quote and quotation by: Terry Pratchett, A Discworld Novel ,

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., (dissent, Abrams v. United States, 1919)

The ultimate good desired is better…

24 Sep , 2019  

The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas [and] the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market. Great short quote and quotation by: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., (dissent, Abrams v. United States, 1919) , US jurist (1841 – […]

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William O. Douglas

The way to combat noxious ideas is …

25 Jan , 2017  

The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth. Great short quote and quotation by: William O. Douglas , US jurist (1898 – 1980)

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Elizabeth Jenkins

The woman whose behavior indicates …

25 Jan , 2017  

The woman whose behavior indicates that she will make a scene if she is told the truth asks to be deceived. Great short quote and quotation by: Elizabeth Jenkins ,

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The world always makes the assumpti…

25 Jan , 2017  

The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth–that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured on one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the […]

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The world always makes the assumpti…

25 Jan , 2017  

The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth–that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured on one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the […]

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