Contrary Quote by Isak Dinesen

“Truth is female, since truth is beauty rather than handsomeness; this, Ridcully reflected as the council grumbled in, would certainly explain the saying that…

— Terry Pratchett

None who are shod with fleshly shoes can stand on the holy ground of God's service. Many failures and much waste and confusion which…

— Watchman Nee

The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in…

— Martin Luther

“For what is our civilised world but a big masquerade? where you meet knights, priests, soldiers, men of learning, barristers, clergymen, philosophers, and I…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“She said, 'He knows what I mean. Where did you get those shoes?' He said, 'They're training shoes.' She said, 'Training for what? Are…

— Alan Bennett

The foundation of a man's duty as a man is in truth. Beyond this there is nothing to be said.

— Torii Mototada

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let…

— Herman Melville

The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril .

— Alfred Loisy

Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the dishes while washing them.

— Karl Kraus

“My lord, will you be true? Who, I? Alas, it is my vice, my fault: Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, I…

— William Shakespeare

There goes a man made by the Lord Almighty and not by his tailor.

— Andrew Jackson

Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and…

— Francis Bacon