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

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

'Tis not antiquity, nor author,
That makes truth truth, altho' time's daughter.

'Tis not antiquity, nor author,
That makes truth truth, altho' time's daughter.

Women should be obscene and not heard.

Women should be obscene and not heard.

Great is truth, and strongest of all.

Great is truth, and strongest of all.

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.

For truth is precious and divine;
Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

For truth is precious and divine;
Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Truth exists. Only lies are invented.

Truth exists. Only lies are invented.

But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.