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title: "12 Truth Old Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [New truth is old heresy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-lawson/new-truth-is-old-heresy/)

[Steven J Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-j-lawson/)

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> [Truth - is as old as God-.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-dickinson/truth-is-as-old-as-god/)

[Emily Dickinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-dickinson/)

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> [“In philosophy all truth is old and only error is original.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/in-philosophy-all-truth-is-old-and-only-error-is-original/)

[Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/)

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> [Custom, though never so ancient, without truth, is but an old error.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyprian/custom-though-never-so-ancient-without-truth-is-but-an-old-error/)

[Cyprian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyprian/)

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> [Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/nothing-hurts-a-new-truth-more-than-an-old-error/)

[Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [A new truth is a truth, an old error is an error.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/a-new-truth-is-a-truth-an-old-error-is-an-error/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [Nothing is more damaging to the truth than an old error.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/nothing-is-more-damaging-to-the-truth-than-an-old-error/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [“The Life is Poem, we write when we are Young, sing along all through Life, and we reap the truth when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-t-v-rao-md/the-life-is-poem-we-write-when-we-are-young-sing-along-all-through/)

[Dr.T.V.Rao MD](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-t-v-rao-md/)

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> [I'm plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/i-m-plotting-revolution-against-this-lie-that-the-majority-has-a/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

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> [What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-sort-of-truths-are-they-that-the-majority-usually-supports-they/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I cannot agree with those who say that they have 'new truth' to teach. The two words seem to me to contradict…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/i-cannot-agree-with-those-who-say-that-they-have-new-truth-to-teach/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/charles-spurgeon-82_agree_i-cannot-agree-with-those-who-say-that-t_1613952.jpg)

> [Truth only seems old fashioned nowadays because we've grown so accustomed to deceit and manipulation. But Truth is eternal, so it can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-walsh/truth-only-seems-old-fashioned-nowadays-because-we-ve-grown-so/)

[Matt Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-walsh/)

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