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Post by Tamrin on Apr 10, 2010 11:16:57 GMT 10
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is
Bro. Sir Winston Churchill
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 10, 2010 11:18:23 GMT 10
That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident
William Hazlitt (Born this day 1778)
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 14, 2010 9:55:25 GMT 10
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time
Abraham Lincoln (Fatally shot this day 1865)
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me
Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself
Simone de Beauvoir (Died this day 1986)
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 15, 2010 11:02:53 GMT 10
Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge
The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects
Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness
Leonardo da Vinci (Born this day 1452)
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 16, 2010 10:19:54 GMT 10
If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot
Anatole France (Born this day 1844)
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 17, 2010 8:11:45 GMT 10
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her
Half a truth is often a great lie
Bro. Benjamin Franklin (Died this day 1790)
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 18, 2010 11:06:36 GMT 10
The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails
Clarence Darrow (Born this day 1857)
A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either
Albert Einstein (Died this day 1955)
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 19, 2010 7:55:26 GMT 10
Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves
Lord Byron (Died this day 1824)
I say that justice is truth in action
What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth
Benjamin Disraeli (Died this day 1881)
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Post by Tamrin on Nov 7, 2010 11:31:57 GMT 10
Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly
To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without challenging it, is to look for one of those miracles which do not occur
Alfred Russel Wallace (Died this day 1913)
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Post by Smithee on Aug 23, 2012 10:30:11 GMT 10
Truth is literally that which is without secrecy, what discloses itself without a veil R.D. Laing (Died this day 1989)
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