Quote by Alexander Pope
And, after all, what is a lie? Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

And, after all, what is a lie? Tis but the truth in a masquerade. – Alexander Pope

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A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature. – Alexander Pope

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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon. – Alexander Pope

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The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it. – Dag Hammarskjold

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A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. – Max Planck

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It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. – Mitt Romney

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If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow. – Emile Zola

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