... 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 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.

'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.

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.

Truth has not such an urgent air.
[Fr., La verite n'a point cet air impetueux.]

Truth has not such an urgent air.
[Fr., La verite n'a point cet air impetueux.]

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.

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.

God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical
Demonstration!

God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical
Demonstration!

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.