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- There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.
- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), The Prince
- I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Accepting Nobel Peace Prize, Dec. 10, 1964
- Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Speech at Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963
- How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) The Sign of Four, 1890
- A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.
- Stanley Baldwin (1867 - 1947)
- And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Macbeth", Act 1 scene 3
- Truth is truth
To the end of reckoning. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Measure for Measure", Act 5 scene 1
- Like one
Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2
- Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth.
- Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC), The Dhammapada
- New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Breakfast of Champions
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