“Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye
That's all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.”
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“A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”
“The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America.”
“Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.”
“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”
“In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
“There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'”
“Time discovers truth.”
“Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.”
“So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.”
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
“Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.”
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.”
“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.”
“It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”
“There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.”
“All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.”
“Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.”
“Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.”
“I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.”
“I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.”
“If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.”
“A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.”
“Facts are many, but the truth is one.”