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Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

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Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. ↗

— George Eliot

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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. ↗

— Niels Bohr

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Falsehood is a perennial spring. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. ↗

— Albert Camus

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Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is with respect to truth or falsehood. ↗

— Anthony Collins

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It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

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Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

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