I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or read more

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Three things cannot long be hidden the sun, the moon, and the truth. -Confucious.

Three things cannot long be hidden the sun, the moon, and the truth. -Confucious.

Truth is often attended with danger.
[Lat., Pericula veritati saepe contigua.]

Truth is often attended with danger.
[Lat., Pericula veritati saepe contigua.]

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.

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.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The
opposite of a profound truth may well be read more

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The
opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.