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Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers. ↗

— William Penn

#defenders #does #heat #more #nothing

I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but I don't even see him as part of my family, to be honest. If you want the truth, it doesn't bother me because I don't know any different. I just know that me and my mum, that was my family. ↗

— Sally Pearson

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Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

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There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be. ↗

— Charles Pierce

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But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. ↗

— Albert Pike

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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Without truth I feel ashamed to be alive. ↗

— Andrei Platonov

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I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

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The mob is a sort of bear; while your ring is through its nose, it will even dance under your cudgel; but should the ring slip, and you lose your hold, the brute will turn and rend you. ↗

— Jane Porter

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