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The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.


William Cobbett


#buoy #empty #falsehoods #last #long

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.


Samuel Johnson


#carelessness #falsehood #intentionally #lying #more

Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated.


Alveda King


#believing #certain #corrupts #falsehood #fully

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.


Marcus Tullius Cicero


#falsehood #himself #man #narrow #near

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.


Blaise Pascal


#established #falsehood #know #love #obscure

Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred years, was destroyed by the Act of Union. Gentlemen, the Act of Union was carried by force and fraud, by treachery and falsehood.


John Edward Redmond


#after #carried #declaration #destroyed #disregarded

Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used.


Max Brooks


#falsity #lies #max-brooks #truth #world-war-z

Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the opposite point of view and keep the best arguments for themselves, for aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defence.


Christine de Pizan


#deceit #defenselessness #double-standards #falsehood #hypocrisy

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.


Miguel de Cervantes


#falsehood #oil #rise #rise above #truth






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