Falsehood Quote by William James

“We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.”

William James

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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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