“Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Truth
Edgar Watson Howe on Lies
“Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.” 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
Bertrand Russell on Scepticism
“It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.” Continue reading
W. Somerset Maugham on Criticism
“People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.” Continue reading
Plato on Poetry
“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.” Continue reading
Mark Twain on Truth
“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” Continue reading
Bertrand Russell on Controversies
“The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.” Continue reading
Thomas Sowell on Truth
“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth–anonymously and posthumously.” Continue reading
Miguel De Cervantes on Truth
“Facts are the enemy of truth.” Continue reading
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