Society and the World

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

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

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

Philosophy is the science which considers truth.

By doubting we come at truth.

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a labourer’s hand.

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared.

Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of this world, all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.