#truth

From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which surrounds him; but he created it true with a truth all its own. ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#created #doubt #fable #given #him

The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed. ↗

— LeVar Burton

#children #decade #funding #last #machinery

Life is more fragile and precious than I can comprehend, but believe me, I'm trying. ↗

— John O'Callaghan

#brain #consider #faith #fragile #hope

Adversity is the first path to truth. ↗

— Lord Byron

#first #path #truth

But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of. ↗

— Lord Byron

#face #got #harlot #hold #hope

Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at? ↗

— Lord Byron

#changed #got #how #made #opinions

Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end. ↗

— Sid Caesar

#based #comedy #end #little #put

I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit. ↗

— Jeanne Calment

#i #iron #legs #rust #starting

A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on. ↗