We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

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.

Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.

Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.

Nobody dies nowadays of fatal truths: there are too many antidotes to them.

Nobody dies nowadays of fatal truths: there are too many antidotes to them.

I do not want faith, I want knowledge. I do not want hope, I want truth.

I do not want faith, I want knowledge. I do not want hope, I want truth.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -Oscar Wilde.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -Oscar Wilde.

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.

... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

You can bend it and twist it... You can misuse and abuse it... But even God cannot change the Truth.

You can bend it and twist it... You can misuse and abuse it... But even God cannot change the Truth.