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This does not, however, entirely satisfy me. Error is not a pure negative; it is a privation, i.e., the absence of some knowledge that I ought to possess; and on considering the nature of God, it does not seem possible that He should have given me any faculty which is not perfect of its kind, that is to say which is anywise wanting in the perfection proper to it. ↗

— René Descartes

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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them. ↗

— Aristophanes

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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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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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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

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