Quotes with half-truth

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  • George Orwell It is one of the tragedies of the half-educated that they develop late, when they are already committed to some wrong way of life.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Henry David Thoreau It takes two to speak the truth, one to speak, and another to hear.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Dorothy L. Sayers Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse.
    Dorothy L. Sayers
    British writer (1893 - 1957)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by other men.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Stephen King Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
    The Gunslinger (1982) 145
    Stephen King
    American author of horror and supernatural fiction (1947 - )
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  • Luther Burbank Our lives as we lead them as passed on to others, whether in physical or mental forms, tingeing all future lives together. This should be enough for one who lives for truth and service to his fellow passengers on the way.
    Luther Burbank
    American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer (1849 - 1926)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • O. S. Hawkins Real Christianity is lovely. There is a quality about a Spirit-filled, radiant Christian that draws and attracts others and causes them to ''enjoy favor with all the people.'' The truth is that the gospel is not nearly as offensive as some of its proponents!
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  • Katherine Mansfield Risk! Risk Anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those other voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.
    Katherine Mansfield
    New Zealand-born British Author (1888 - 1923)
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  • Bernhard von Bulow Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world, it is our right and our duty to obtain safety and independence for ourselves at sea.
    Bernhard von Bulow
    German diplomat and politician (1849 - 1929)
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  • Albert Claude Small bodies, about half a micron in diameter, and later referred to under the name of 'mitochondria' were detected under the light microscope as early as 1894.
    Albert Claude
    Belgian-American cell biologist and doctor (1899 - 1983)
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  • Emily Dickinson Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • George Eliot The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Henry David Thoreau The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Aristotle The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Omar Khayyam The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.
    Omar Khayyam
    Persian astronoom, poet (1048 - 1131)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth. Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man's power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
    Who Is Man? (1965)
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Robert Burns Their sighing , canting , grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces.
    Robert Burns
    Scottish Poet (1759 - 1796)
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