Cases Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein

The world is the totality of facts, not of things

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Reason argues the case, but fact may determine the judgment.

— Mason Cooley

But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.

— William James

For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, often apparently leading…

— Charles Darwin

Facts are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in the nature and parts of premises.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

There is a difference between the facts of a person and the truth of him.

— Alix Ohlin

In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to be made, step by…

— Edward P. Jones

A fact acquires its true and full value only through the idea which is developed from it.

— Justus von Liebig

'Facts' are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.

— William James

Sometimes the truth is arrived at by adding all the little lies together and deducting them from the totality of what is known.

— Terry Pratchett

Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their claims. Hence, they are less likely to be accepted…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.

— Anonymous