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The most poignant quotes
What the rich and famous and wise said
Thoughtful and attentive world to contenplate learn from
Note: Throughout history the rich, famous and wise have said things that have been recorded in the form of quote. It is the study of these quotes that give insight into life.
Truth
"Whenever you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
I donít care if you print something nasty about me. If itís true, fine. I donít care. But just make sure itís the truth.~ Tom Cruise
Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.~ Joan of Arc
Truth is from before creation. (Mai ka po mai ka oiaio) ~ Hawaiian Proverb
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.~ John F. Kennedy
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coattails.~ Clarence Darrow, Graduates Are Special
If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later to be found out. ~ Oscar Wilde
Truth is such a rare thing, it is delighted to tell it. ~ Emily Dickinson
In seeking truth you have to get both sides of the story. ~ Walter Cronkite
After all, the commonplaces are the great poetic truths.~ Robert Lewis Stevenson
Truth is steadfast. (O ka oiaio he onipaa noia) ~ Hawaiian Proverb
I don't tell the truth any more to those who can't make use of it. I tell it mostly to myself, because it always changes me. ~ Anais Nin
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. ~ Niels Bohr
"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." ~ H. Norman Schwarzkoph
Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.~ Dwight Eisenhower
Even under the most favorable circumstances no mortal can be asked to seize the truth in its wholeness or at its center. ~ George Santayana
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.~ Stephen King
Truth for authority, not authority for truth. ~ Lucretia Mott
The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths. ~ William James
There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it, fragment by fragment.~ Anais Nin
One falsehood spoils a thousand truths. ~ Ashanti Proverb
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now-- always. ~ Albert Schweitzer
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. ~ Albert Einstein
Utter truth is essential...andto get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours. ~ Margaret Bourke-White
There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic. ~ Anais Nin
Truth, however bitter, can be accepted, and woven into a design for living. ~ Agatha Christie
Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it. ~ Alexandre Dumas
I keep reading between the lies. ~ Goodman Ace
One always has the air of someone who is lying when one speaks to a policeman. ~ Charles-Louis Philippe
Not Truth, but Faith it is that keeps the world alive. ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay
There are two kinds of truth, small truth and great truth. You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.~ Niels Bohr
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. ~ Ludwig Borne
Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.) ~ Sophocles, Oedipus
Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth. ~ Ruth McKenney
Truth always lags behind, limping along on the arm of Time. ~ Baltasar Graci·n
The naked truth is better than the best-dressed lie. ~ Ann Landers
When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth. ~ George Bernard Shaw
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