Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

... 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.

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.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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.

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

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.]