关于真理的箴言

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About what is truth

The truth is more important than the facts.

 Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

 Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)

人之将死，其言也善。Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

 Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888), 'Sohrab andRustum,' 1853

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

 Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)

 

About the attitude toward truth

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

 Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)

The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

 Herbert Agar

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

 Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

 Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895, Act I

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

 Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

 Josh Billings (1818 - 1885), 'Affurismsfrom Josh Billings: His Sayings,' 1865

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. The weird thing about telling someone they're dying is it tends to focus their priorities. You find out what matters to them. What they're willing to die for. What they're willing to lie for.

Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.

 Quintus Septimius Tertullianus (160 AD -230 AD), Adversus Valentinianos

 

About seeking truth

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

 Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)

Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails.

 Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)

 

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• The truth is more important than the facts 真相比事实重要 -雨飞- ♀ (62 bytes) () 12/18/2008 postreply 08:51:22

• 比如，“北京在中国”是fact. “未知生，焉知死”是truth -胡涣- ♂ (55 bytes) () 12/18/2008 postreply 13:17:37

• 谢胡兄!fact 是大家都公认的那一种。truth 是有人会反对的那一种. -雨飞- ♀ (52 bytes) () 12/18/2008 postreply 13:36:08

• 回复：关于真理的箴言 -洁心- ♀ (305 bytes) () 12/18/2008 postreply 10:49:42

• 我的理解：从薄读厚，又从厚读薄的东西是真理。 -胡涣- ♂ (46 bytes) () 12/18/2008 postreply 13:21:04

• 回复：我的理解：从薄读厚，又从厚读薄的东西是真理。 -洁心- ♀ (477 bytes) () 12/18/2008 postreply 14:17:39