Our society has been hypnotized into believing that a student who is successful in school will be successful in life, and, although… — Alec Sahakian Copy Share Image
the senses alone are not implicitly to be depended on. We must correct their evidence by reason, and by considerations, derived from… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary: they believe what they are paid for - they swear to that which turns to account.… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude. — David Hume Copy Share Image
From forty years' experience of the wretched guess-work of the newspapers of what is not done in open daylight, and of their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is, I believe, impossible to find in any story upon record so many and such glaring absurdities, contradictions, and falsehoods, as… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Christianity, contrasted with the Jewish system of emblems, is truth in the sense of reality, as substance is opposed to shadows, and,… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
There is no merit where there is no trial; and till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes,… — Aaron Hill Copy Share Image
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it;… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Politicians nowadays treat Americans like medical orderlies treat Alzheimer's patients, telling them anything that will keep them subdued. It doesn't matter what… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
“{ On the death of Hale's esteemed friend and fellow scientist, Luther Burbank . Burbank was much beloved by the population unil… — Wilbur Hale Copy Share Image
“Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports.” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Falsehood is difficult to be maintained. When the materials of a building are solid blocks of stone, very rude architecture will suffice;… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Look Before You Leap; Avoid Acting Hastily, Without Considering The Possible Consequences. — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Donald Trump doesn't have clear contact with reality, though I'm not sure it qualifies as a bona fide delusion. He needs things… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
Life is not given to us that we might live idly without work. No, our life is a struggle and a journey.… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
The means of communication, the irresistible output of the entertainment and information industry carry with them prescribed attitudes and habits, certain intellectual… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods. — John Shirley Copy Share Image
“Reason will always be logical, Logic not always reasonable, For truth from reason derivable, And logic falsehood multipliable.” — Munindra Misra Copy Share Image
There are means that cannot be excused. And I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The thing about education - and why I'm so passionate about the position and status of the university - is that it's… — Joan Wallach Scott Copy Share Image
All genuinely noble women prefer truth to falsehood. As the Russians with their Czar, they are unwilling to see their idol degraded;… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
