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title: "7 Truth Rule Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [When you have power you don't have to tell the truth. That's a rule that's been working in this world for generations.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-burk/when-you-have-power-you-don-t-have-to-tell-the-truth-that-s-a-rule/)

[Dean Burk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-burk/)

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> [“We don't own truth. Truth is truth and nothing you can do about it even if you hide it, or kill it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/we-don-t-own-truth-truth-is-truth-and-nothing-you-can-do-about-it/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

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> [Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-graynor/comedy-is-funny-when-it-comes-from-truth-and-that-s-always-the-rule/)

[Ari Graynor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-graynor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/ari-graynor-3380_always_comedy-is-funny-when-it-comes-from-truth_1829268.jpg)

> [“I am not here to answer your questions. To answer would imply that we conceded some slight possibility of truth to your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-am-not-here-to-answer-your-questions-to-answer-would-imply-that-we/)

[Gene Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-wolfe/)

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> [“Once again, it seemed, I was discovering the truth of the rule, a rule I'd never explicitly formulated to myself, but whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-toussaint/once-again-it-seemed-i-was-discovering-the-truth-of-the-rule-a-rule-i/)

[Jean-Philippe Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-toussaint/)

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> [But it was ever thus, all through my life: whenever I have diverged from custom and principle and uttered a truth, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/but-it-was-ever-thus-all-through-my-life-whenever-i-have-diverged/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [We have learned Trump's disregard for the truth, and the rule of law is real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-katyal/we-have-learned-trump-s-disregard-for-the-truth-and-the-rule-of-law/)

[Neal Katyal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-katyal/)

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