Samuel Butler Quotes about Truth

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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

Wisdom, Truth, Lying

Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.377, The Floating Press

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth.

Truth, Science, Errors

Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.374, The Floating Press

There is no permanent absolute unchangeable truth; what we should pursue is the most convenient arrangement of our ideas.

Truth, Honesty, Ideas

Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.374, The Floating Press