#rut

The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy. ↗

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

#after #approval #control #convinces #cookie

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. ↗

— William Temple

#first #fourth #good #good sense #humor

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies. ↗

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

#ever #half #lie #lies #truth

The first reaction to truth is hatred. ↗

— Tertullian

#hatred #reaction #truth #truth is

Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy. ↗

— Tertullian

#enemy #engenders #hatred #soon #truth

I thought I was dreaming and I dreamed. ↗

— Марко Соколовић

#hope #love-hurts #relationships #truth #dreams

I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase. ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

#believe #bisexual #came #change #equality

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. ↗

— Cal Thomas

#election #hate #objective #people #politician

The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#i #ignorant #know #most #nature

There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings. ↗

— Dorothy Thompson

#causes #except #fear #find #happenings