May 12, 2006

A Few Thoughts on Truth

Truth is established by investigation and delay; falsehood prospers by precipitancy. - Tacitus

Falsehood is in a hurry; it may be at any moment detected and punished; truth is calm, serene; its judgment is on high; its king cometh out of the chambers of eternity. - Joseph Parker

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. - Thomas Paine

I have always found that the honest truth of our own mind has a certain attraction for every other mind that loves truth honestly. - Carlyle

If it is the truth, what does it matter who says it? - Anon

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