#ruth

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. ↗

— Plato

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Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man. ↗

— Plato

#every #gods #good #man #truth

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#most #nature #particular #richest #some

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

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Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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The scientific and scholarly community is marked by the belief that the truth is to be found in all; none can claim it as their monopoly. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

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And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade. ↗