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Truth Quotes by John Dryden
- I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
- Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
- Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
- God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience. Man is properly self-governed only when he is guided rightly and…
- not judging truth to be in nature better than falsehood, but setting a value upon both according to interest.
- For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
- We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they…
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- 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