Quotes 501 till 520 of 1376.
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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
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If you're going to tell people the truth, make them laugh, or they'll kill you.
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If you're thinking of acquiring a company and want to keep it a secret, tell everyone in the company; let them all in on the truth. Say, 'Listen, if this gets out, we'll probably lose the deal, so we're all in this together.'
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
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Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.
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Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction.
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Improvisation, if you play it at the top of your intelligence, leads to a kind of truth that people find really accessible.
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In '38, this time I did a job for Mr. Stryker. I went on his payroll at about half the salary I was getting before, to cover what he called Harvest in Ohio.
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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can.
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In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.
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In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to the unreflective creation, the truth of immortality. The most ideal human passion is love, which is also the most absolute and animal and one of the most ephemeral.
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In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it.
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In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
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In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
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In Illinois, where legislators are paid $45,000, plus as much as $10,000 for leadership work, about half are full-time politicians.
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In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
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