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Truth Quotes by John Milton
- Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity…
- By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our…
- Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing…
- They are the troublers, they are the dividers of unity, who neglect and don't permit others to unite those dissevered pieces which are yet wanting…
- Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones.
- Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.
- Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
- Let her (Truth) and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?
- If there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it is their duty to tolerate such difference in each other,…
- There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.
- Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.
- Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.
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- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
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- 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