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Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim. ↗

— Alphonse de Lamartine

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Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

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Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search for truth. ↗

— Irving Langmuir

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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. ↗

— Irving Langmuir

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There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut; a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts. ↗

— Christine Lavin

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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful. ↗

— Spike Lee

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For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old traditions and ideas opposed to its progress, and it exploits and corrupts those things once held sacred. ↗

— Daniel De Leon

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