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> [“If an idea is true it belongs equally to all those capable of understanding it; if it is false there is no reason to be proud of having thought it. A true idea cannot be ‘new,’ since truth is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-garrett-isham/if-an-idea-is-true-it-belongs-equally-to-all-those-capable-of/)

Thomas Garrett Isham

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## More by Thomas Garrett Isham

> [“If an idea is true it belongs equally to all those capable of understanding it; if it is false there is no reason to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-garrett-isham/if-an-idea-is-true-it-belongs-equally-to-all-those-capable-of/)

Thomas Garrett Isham

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