- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
Truth Quotes
Truth, examined from a few angles.
This set opens with the idea that a story's meaning ultimately depends on the relationship between reader, writer, and character, before turning to a pointed geopolitical observation about oil and foreign intervention. For more grounded reflections, see Heart.
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- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.
- Assuring
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- Nov 07, 2020
The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
- Prayer
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- Nov 07, 2020
My longing for truth was a single prayer.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth hurts, and not everyone can deal with it. Every player is different, but they are all entitled to the truth. It is up to them if they can handle it or not.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If my subject is alive and is willing to talk to me, I will do it. But I always try to find people who were close, like lovers and family members and work colleagues - because we are what we think we are, but we're also the perception that others have of us. The truth is a sphere. There's always a hidden face.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020