Truth
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Truth at last cannot be hidden. Dissimulation is of no avail. Dissimulation is to no purpose before so great a judge. Falsehood puts on a mask. Nothing is hidden under the sun
So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to hope for success, but merely being willing to risk the experiment of finding whether the truth they seek lies there
The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt
If you would be a real seeker after truth, you must at least once in your life doubt, as far as possible, all things
When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable
In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day
Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it
If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake, you are no longer authentic
The real truths are those that can be invented
He, who has a true idea, simultaneously knows that he has a true idea, and cannot doubt of the truth of the thing perceived
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