“A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.”
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“The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.”
“I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.”
“Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.”
“Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.”
“There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.”
“Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.”
“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”
“I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.”
“To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.”
“Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality.”
“The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.”
“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.”
“It does not require many words to speak the truth.”
“Your days are short here this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.”
“Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.”
“As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.”
“I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms.”
“Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.”
“A writer's job is to tell the truth.”
“Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.”
“But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken.”
“To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.”
“If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”