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Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim read more
What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup. -Boris Pasternak.
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 ever read more
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not read more
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.
Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
If it is not true it is very well invented.
[It., Se non e vero, e molto ben trovato.]
If it is not true it is very well invented.
[It., Se non e vero, e molto ben trovato.]
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.