Truth
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty
There is no truth. There is only perception
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth
Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same
Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth
We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart
We call first truths those we discover after all the others
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object
Falsehood is susceptible of an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being
What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight
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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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