“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Truth
H. L. Mencken Cynical Quote
“The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.” Continue reading
Edith Sitwell on Truth
“The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.” Continue reading
Bertrand Russell on Mathematics
“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.” Continue reading
Flannery O’Connor on Truth
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” Continue reading
Thomas H. Huxley on Truth
“Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.” Continue reading
Laurens Van Der Post on Humanity
“Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.” Continue reading
Evan Esar on Conscience
“Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.” Continue reading
Mark Twain on Truth
“Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.” Continue reading
Frank Lloyd Wright on Truth
“The truth is more important than the facts.” Continue reading
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