Truth
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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold
Truths and roses have thorns about them
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth
It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and the other to hear
Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science
In accumulating property for ourselves or our posterity, in founding a family or a state, or acquiring fame even, we are mortal; but in dealing with truth we are immortal, and need fear no change nor accident
The color of truth is gray
Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them
The words of truth are always paradoxical
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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."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
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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