#tru

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Much faith will yield unto us here our heaven, but any faith, if true, will yield us heaven hereafter. ↗

— Thomas Brooks

#faith #heaven #here #hereafter #much

All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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This is my truth, tell me yours. ↗

— Aneurin Bevan

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Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Since 1935, this has been a pay-as-you-go system, and I always believed when I first started talking about Social Security that there was a little box that had my name on it and it had my benefits for when I retired. That is not true. ↗

— Judy Biggert

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When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears. ↗

— S.N. Goenka

#truth #experience

But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job. ↗

— Frank Black

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