#rut

There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof. ↗

— Jean Paul

#brutal #crushed #ere #fall #flowers

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. ↗

— William Penn

#heat #more #often #suffers #than

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#gift #i #i think #like #mouth

Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#block #close #cynicism #journalist #necessary

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers. ↗

— Charles Peguy

#bellow #does #himself #knows #liars

Well the truth is, Republicans didn't just lose a few elections, we lost our way. ↗

— Mike Pence

#few #just #lose #lost #our

I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out. ↗

— Bev Perdue

#been #direct #i #me #out

I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out. ↗

— Bev Perdue

#been #direct #i #out #speak

This sounds an extraordinary statement to make, but in fact all truth is very ordinary. ↗

— Brian Perkins

#fact #in fact #make #ordinary #sounds

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#responsibility #truth #wake #without