How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!

How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

What we do not understand we do not possess.

What we do not understand we do not possess.

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know read more

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

The first reaction to truth is hatred

The first reaction to truth is hatred

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage
ground of Truth.

But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage
ground of Truth.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.