Truth Quotes - Page 81
For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
Samuel Butler, Hudibras (fict.name.) (1835). “Hudibras; with notes by T.R. Nash”, p.311
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
Saint Augustine, F. J. Sheed (2007). “Confessions (Second Edition)”, p.81, Hackett Publishing
Robinson Jeffers, “The Silent Shepherds”
Song: Tripping, Album: Intensive Care, 2005
The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.
Jessica Buchanan, Hannah Luce, Katherine Preston, Reyna Grande, Shirley MacLaine (2013). “The Lives of Others: Discover the Hidden Lives of Some of Our Favorite Atria Authors”, p.73, Simon and Schuster
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
The Conduct of Life "Worship" (1860)
The only truths we can point to are the ever-changing truths of our own experience.
Peter Weiss (1998). “Marat/Sade ; The Investigation ; and The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman”, p.62, A&C Black
Peter Brian Medawar (1981). “Advice to a young scientist”
Paul Gauguin (2012). “Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal”, p.17, Courier Corporation
Napoleon Hill (2016). “Your Right to Be Rich”, p.116, Jaico Publishing House
Margaret Atwood (2015). “Morning in the Burned House”, p.61, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt