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"Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism."
Hunter S. Thompson
"A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding."
Isaac Newton
"You only lie to two people in your life: your girlfriend and the police."
Jack Nicholson
"We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty. That is all ye know on Earth, and all ye need to know."
John Keats
"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."
Josh Billings
"I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it."
Mahatma Gandhi
"Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit."
Marcel Proust
"Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true."
Marcel Proust
"Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story."
Margaret Thatcher
"Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true."
Margaret Thatcher
"A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar."
Mark Twain
"Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable."
Mark Twain
"The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it."
Mark Twain
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
Mark Twain
"One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives."
Mark Twain
"Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies."
Mark Twain
"The reason why truth is so much stranger than fiction is that there is no requirement for it to be consistent."
Mark Twain
"Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use."
Mark Twain
"Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it."
Mark Twain
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