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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again:
Th' eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, read more
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again:
Th' eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies among his worshippers.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
[Lat., Veritatis absolutus sermo ac semper est simplex.]
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
[Lat., Veritatis absolutus sermo ac semper est simplex.]
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
