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Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference. ↗

— Mort Sahl

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Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. ↗

— Aristotle

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I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth. ↗

— Roone Arledge

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A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. ↗

— Aristotle

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Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends. ↗

— Aristotle

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I try and be truthful. ↗

— Andrea Arnold

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There is no original truth, only original error. ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

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Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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