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Truth
«?As a kid, you see something that you know in your heart is true. It?s such a huge hypocrisy that it makes you think, ?Well, if this is a truth that I know about that?s not officially accepted, at least in this country, then how many other truths are there that are under the surface that need to come out???»
Author: Serj Tankian
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Truth
«Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity»
Author: David Hume
(Economist, Essayist, Historian, Philosopher)
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Reason,
Truth
| Keywords:
avidity, imperfections, revealed, seasoned
«And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward»
«And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. (Judges 9:15)»
«Art-speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art, if it be art, will tell you the truth of his day. And that is all that matters. Away with eternal truth.»
«As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.»
Author: Josh Billings
(Humorist)
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Truth
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excess, scarce, supply, Supply and demand
«And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and they, too, go their ways condemned by the truth to suffer the penalty of villainy and wrong; and I must abide by my award - let them abide by theirs.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| About:
Death and dying,
Suffering,
Truth
| Keywords:
abide, abide by, award, condemned, condemned to death, depart, penalty, villainy
«Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.»
Author: Samuel Butler
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Truth
«As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Humanity,
Truth
| Keywords:
appeals, boa, boa constrictor, Challenges, constrictor, constrictors, crocodiles, dealing, misunderstood, sympathy, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles