* Truth Quotations (Quotes at Davar Web Site) 03/18/2009-12/02/2011 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. #[Buddha Gautama] (563-483 BC) If a fool be associated with a wise man even all his life, he will perceive the truth as little as a spoon perceives the taste of soup. If an intelligent man be associated for only one minute with a wise man, he will soon perceive the truth, as the tongue perceives the taste of soup. #[Buddha Gautama] (563-483 BC) Truth never perishes (Veritas numquam perit). #[Lucius Annaeus Seneca] (4 BC - AD 65) Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty. #[Tacitus] (AD 56-115) There is a most absurd and audacious method of reasoning avowed by some bigots and enthusiasts, and through fear assented to by some wiser and better men; it is this. They argue against a fair discussion of popular prejudices, because, say they, tho" they would be found without any reasonable support, yet the discovery might be productive of the most dangerous consequences. Absurd and blasphemous notion! As if all happiness was not connected with the practice of virtue, which necessarily depends upon the knowledge of truth. #[Edmund Burke] (1729–1797)
"A Vindication of Natural Society" Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. #[Winston Churchill] (1874-1965) A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. #[Winston Churchill] (1874-1965) Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. #[Albert Einstein] (1879-1955) If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. #[Albert Einstein] (1879-1955) There are two kinds of truth, small truth and great truth. You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth. #[Niels Bohr] (1885–1962) During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. #[George Orwell] (1903–1950) ================================================================================