Truth
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The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow
Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh
All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?
In the mountains of truth, you never climb in vain
The visionary denies the truth to himself, the liar only to others
Deep is the well of truth and long does it take to know what has fallen into its depths
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
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