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Truth Quotes by Boris Pasternak
- What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth
- In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it.
- ... the unarmed power of naked truth.
- As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth.
- What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.
- Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and they shun those…
- Only the solitary seek the truth, and they break with all those who don't love it sufficiently
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