Truth
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible
Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out
Truth comes out of error more readily than out of confusion
Be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others
I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little the more I grow older
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it
The language of truth is simple
Truth hates delays
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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