#ruth

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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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

#doctor #dramatically #everybody #faults #film

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

#away #capitalism #corrupts #destroys #exploits

Tell the truth. ↗

— Ian Hunter

#truth

The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man's frail and human effort to approach the truth. To reject the word is to reject the human search. ↗

— Max Lerner

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