“When affection only speaks; Truth is not always there.” — Thomas Middleton, The Old Law
Tag: truth
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“The intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing on whether it is true or false.” — Peter Medawar, Advice to a Young Scientist
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“But I remember being told that the truth does not depend on being believed.” — Kevin Powers, The Yellow Birds
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“A life of total dedication to the truth also means a life of willingness to be personally challenged.” — M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled
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“Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.” — E. W. Howe, Country Town Sayings
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“It’s partly true, too, but it isn’t all true. People always think something’s all true.” — J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
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“She’s such a goddamn liar, maybe she don’t know herself any more.” — Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
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“I don’t mind the lies told about me, what worries me is the truth.” — Henny Youngman, Henny Youngman’s Bar Jokes, Bar Bets and Bar Tricks
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“To say that an idea is necessary is simply to affirm that we cannot conceive the contrary; and the fact that we cannot conceive the contrary of any belief may be a presumption, but is certainly no proof, of its truth.” — Thomas Huxley, Hume
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“A truth discovered always seems so plain and simple that we wonder why the discovery was so long delayed.” — Vash Young, A Fortune to Share