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title: "21 Test Truth Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Test Truth quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Test Truth sayings and thoughts."
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> [Ridicule is the best test of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/ridicule-is-the-best-test-of-truth/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

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> [Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/reason-is-the-test-of-ridicule-not-ridicule-the-test-of-truth/)

[William Warburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-warburton/)

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> [Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/duration-is-not-a-test-of-truth-or-falsehood/)

[Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/)

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> [The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/the-final-test-of-truth-is-ridicule-very-few-dogmas-have-ever-faced/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [“That which is true must be infinite and eternal. That is the one test of truth. It never decays, it is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/that-which-is-true-must-be-infinite-and-eternal-that-is-the-one-test/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [“The credibility of the teller is the ultimate test of the truth of a proposition. (102)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-postman/the-credibility-of-the-teller-is-the-ultimate-test-of-the-truth-of-a/)

[Neil Postman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-postman/)

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> [The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-schleicher/the-test-of-truth-in-life-is-not-whether-we-can-remember-what-we/)

[Andreas Schleicher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-schleicher/)

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> [Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/our-test-of-truth-is-a-reference-to-either-a-present-or-imagined/)

[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/)

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> [It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/letitia-elizabeth-landon/it-is-said-that-ridicule-is-the-test-of-truth-it-is-never-applied-but/)

[Letitia Elizabeth Landon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/letitia-elizabeth-landon/)

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> [The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/the-ultimate-test-of-what-a-truth-means-is-the-conduct-it-dictates-or/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [A tribulation gives you the opportunity to test a truth you have always believed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-hyles/a-tribulation-gives-you-the-opportunity-to-test-a-truth-you-have/)

[Jack Hyles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-hyles/)

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> [Sincerity is not a test of truth. We must not make this mistake: He must be right; he's so sincere. Because, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/sincerity-is-not-a-test-of-truth-we-must-not-make-this-mistake-he/)

[Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/)

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> [But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe...that the best test of truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/but-when-men-have-realized-that-time-has-upset-many-fighting-faiths/)

[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/)

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> [Sincerity is not test of truth-no evidence of correctness of conduct. You may take poison sincerely believing it the needed medicine, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/sincerity-is-not-test-of-truth-no-evidence-of-correctness-of-conduct/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

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> [It is commonly said that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/it-is-commonly-said-that-ridicule-is-the-best-test-of-truth-for-that/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

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> [Human experience, which is constantly contradicting theory, is the great test of truth. A system, built upon the discoveries of a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/human-experience-which-is-constantly-contradicting-theory-is-the/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [If the test of truth lay in a show of hands or a counting of heads, the system of magic might appeal,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-g-frazer/if-the-test-of-truth-lay-in-a-show-of-hands-or-a-counting-of-heads/)

[James G. Frazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-g-frazer/)

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> [ \[W\]hen men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe . . . that the best… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justice-holmes/w-hen-men-have-realized-that-time-has-upset-many-fighting-faiths-they/)

[Justice Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justice-holmes/)

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> [It is said that ridicule is the test of truth; but it is never applied except when we wish to deceive ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/letitia-elizabeth-landon/it-is-said-that-ridicule-is-the-test-of-truth-but-it-is-never-applied/)

[Letitia Elizabeth Landon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/letitia-elizabeth-landon/)

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> [When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... that the ultimate good desired is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes/when-men-have-realized-that-time-has-upset-many-fighting-faiths-they/)

[Oliver Wendell Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes/)

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> [Habit with him was all the test of truth; It must be right: I've done it from my youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-crabbe/habit-with-him-was-all-the-test-of-truth-it-must-be-right-i-ve-done/)

[George Crabbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-crabbe/)

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