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- Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- Truth is shorter than fiction.
- Irving Cohen
- The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa.
- Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"
- Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Walden," the Conclusion
- Democracy is, first and foremost, a spiritual force, it is built upon a spiritual basis - and on a belief in God and an observance of moral principle. And in the long run only the church can provide that basis. Our founder knew this truth - and we will neglect it at our peril.
- President Harry Truman, Public Papers of the President of the United States: Harry S. Truman - 1951 U.S. Gov. 1966 p1063
- If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup.
- Turkish proverb
- It's silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are all brothers. The truth is more likely that under the skin we are all cannibals, assassins, traitors, liars, hypocrites, poltroons.
- Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
- It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
- Jerome K. Jerome (1859 - 1927)
- The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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