Coins Quote by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.

— Luc de Clapiers

A ring of gold with the sun in it? Lies. Lies and a grief.

— Sylvia Plath

Sometimes the truth don't rhyme

— Chance the Rapper

In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself.

— Seamus Heaney

Nonsense is nonsense whether it rhymes or not, just as bad half-pennies are good for nothing whether they jingle or lie quiet.

— Charles Spurgeon

Sometimes a witticism has no truth behind it.

— Michael Leunig

“Advice to a Young Poet Don’t spend yourself in the small copper coins of complaint and accusation. Don’t answer those in authority, those who…

— Ondra Lysohorsky

Picking true from false is a jewelers trade. Telling true from false is the craft of wise.

— Mariana Fulger

There is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a…

— Joseph Addison

I'm not a great rhymer.

— Tim Key

“A false ring of the night bell, once answered — it can never be made right.”

— Franz Kafka