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Falsehood Quote by Niels Bohr

“You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is…” quote by Niels Bohr — Download Open image

“You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.”

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falsehood is not more unjustifiable than unsafe.

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A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.]

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“Falsehood of a good man is better than truth of a bad one.”

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Tangible language, which often tells more falsehoods than truths.

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Falsehood, like the dry-rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded.

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