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Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

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Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet. ↗

— Huston Smith

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When the scientific method came into being, it gave us a new window on the truth; namely, a method by laboratory-controlled experiments to winnow true hypotheses from false ones. ↗

— Huston Smith

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One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may. ↗

— Joseph Smith, Jr.

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If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I have no doubt of the truth. ↗

— Joseph Smith, Jr.

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Truth is Mormonism. God is the author of it. ↗

— Joseph Smith, Jr.

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It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

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If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#always #liar #tell #thought #truth

I knew from day one, the truth would prevail, but I was so scared I didn't know what to do. ↗

— Susan Smith

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I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography. ↗

— Rick Springfield

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