#ruth

We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the results of their researches. ↗

— Franz Boas

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Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#natures #pure #truth

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#activity #children #lives #our #our lives

I do not want to drive across a bridge designed by an engineer who believed the numbers in structural stress models are relative truths. ↗

— R.C. Sproul

#relativism #truth #design

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. ↗

— George Eliot

#easy #falsehood #truth

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through. ↗

— George Eliot

#rough #through #truth

No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love. ↗

— Anna Held

#ever #love #tells #those #truth

I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little. ↗

— James Ellroy

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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. ↗

— Niels Bohr

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