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Truth

«A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it»
«A lie hides the truth. A story tries to find it.»
Author: Paula Fox | About: Lies, Truth | Keywords: hides, tries
«A half-truth is a whole lie»
Author: Yiddish Proverb | About: Lies, Truth | Keywords: half-truth
«A lie travels round the world, while Truth is putting on her boots»
«A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.»
«A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom and truth»
Author: Henrik Ibsen | About: Freedom, Mankind, Men, Truth | Keywords: goes out, put on, trousers
«A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.»
«A lie stands on one leg, truth on two»
«A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.»
«A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.»

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