truth Quotes

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.

Upon the subjects of which I have treated, I have spoken as I have thought. I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but, holding it a sound maxim that it is better only sometimes to be right than at all times to be wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them.

If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.