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Truth Quotes by Isaac Newton
- Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
- All knowledge and understanding of the Universe was no more than playing with stones and shells on the seashore of the vast imponderable ocean of…
- A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension…
- I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on…
- Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
- To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me
- I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,…
- The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe, concealed from common observation yet...the centuries have established its Divine…
More Truth Quotes
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle
- Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. — Matthew Arnold
- Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. — Mary Kay Ash
- People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. — Isaac Asimov
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov