I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles that could be trusted in matters of importance.
—William Paley
Showing posts with label truth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label truth. Show all posts
Monday, March 19, 2018
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Post #2512
Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul.
—Pythagoras
—Pythagoras
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Post #2392
To love truth for truth's sake, is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.
—John Locke
—John Locke
Friday, April 22, 2016
Wednesday, September 09, 2015
Thursday, June 04, 2015
Post #1829
Weigh not so much what men say, as what they prove: remembering that truth is simple and naked, and needs not invective to apparel her comeliness.
—Sir P. Sidney
—Sir P. Sidney
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Friday, March 06, 2015
Post #1765
Truth from the mouth of an honest man, or severity from a good-natured one, has a double effect.
—William Hazlitt
—William Hazlitt
Sunday, June 01, 2014
Post #1562
When fiction rises pleasing to the eye,
Men will believe because they love the lie;
But truth herself, if clouded with a frown,
Must have some solemn proof to pass her down.
—Charles Churchill
Men will believe because they love the lie;
But truth herself, if clouded with a frown,
Must have some solemn proof to pass her down.
—Charles Churchill
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Friday, August 02, 2013
Post #1310
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
—Blaise Pascal
—Blaise Pascal
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Post #1268
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.
—George Santayana
—George Santayana
Monday, March 25, 2013
Post #1217
Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is a sign that he wants all the truth.
—Mark Van Doren
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Post #1162
Truth is tough; it will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day, like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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