And this is the order of truth, lesser though it be, that man must know and guide his actions by with unswerving certitude that it is absolute truth and that in the universe no other order of truth can obtain.
Countless men have glimpsed that other and truer order of truth and recoiled from it.
John Barleycorn
Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
To pass from theological, and philosophical truth, to the truth of civil business; it will be acknowledged, even by those that practise it not, that clear, and round dealing, is the honor of man's nature; and that mixture of falsehoods, is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it.
The Essays
Each as he ap- peared snatched up one of the
truths and some who were quite strong snatched up a dozen of them.
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Our
truth of thought is therefore vitiated as much by too violent direction given by our will, as by too great negligence.
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That is to say, we will construct, as far as possible, a purely behaviouristic account of
truth and falsehood.
The Analysis of Mind
This popular view of the Platonic ideas may be summed up in some such formula as the following: '
Truth consists not in particulars, but in universals, which have a place in the mind of God, or in some far-off heaven.
Meno
And in this it is not likely that all are mistaken the conviction is rather to be held as testifying that the power of judging aright and of distinguishing
truth from error, which is properly what is called good sense or reason, is by nature equal in all men; and that the diversity of our opinions, consequently, does not arise from some being endowed with a larger share of reason than others, but solely from this, that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
Reason For Discourse
A prince, therefore, ought always to take counsel, but only when he wishes and not when others wish; he ought rather to discourage every one from offering advice unless he asks it; but, however, he ought to be a constant inquirer, and afterwards a patient listener concerning the things of which he inquired; also, on learning that nay one, on any consideration, has not told him the
truth, he should let his anger be felt.
Prince
"If there is a God and future life, there is
truth and good, and man's highest happiness consists in striving to attain them.
War and Peace
I have told you already, Athenians, the whole
truth about this matter: they like to hear the cross-examination of the pretenders to wisdom; there is amusement in it.
Apology
"May Our Lady be good to me!" said Sancho, lifting up his voice; "and is it possible that your worship is so thick of skull and so short of brains that you cannot see that what I say is the simple
truth, and that malice has more to do with your imprisonment and misfortune than enchantment?
Don Quixote
"A
truth pond wouldn't be a bad thing to carry around with us." But he put on his coat and started with the others in search of some one to direct them on their way.
The Road to Oz
She tells him that the tower is the dwelling of
Truth, who is the lord of all and who gives to each as he hath need.
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