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- Reporter: A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.
- Unknown
- Lie: A very poor substitute for the truth, but the only one discovered to date.
- Unknown
- I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.
- Conte Camillo Benso di Cavour
- Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- 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.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
- Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)
- Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
- Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984)
- Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
- Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
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