Truth
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Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time, nor does it take away the freedom of speech which proceeds from justice; but it gives to us the knowledge of what is just and lawful, separating from them the unjust and refuting them
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place
Truth would quickly cease to become stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it
Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations
An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie
Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatever; but, as in the exercise of all the virtues, there is an economy of truth. It is a sort of temperance, by which a man speaks truth with measure, that he may speak it the longer
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