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Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.

A half-truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.

I'm not smart enough to lie.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?

By doubting we come at truth.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and the clear wind blows it away and the sun burns it off.

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.

How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more and more the real measure of value.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All.

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All.

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it.

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it.

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

Truth alone wounds.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.