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Quote by Samuel Butler
The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and noth

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth. – Samuel Butler

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Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name. – Samuel Butler

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Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. – George Saunders

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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. – Rene Descartes

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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. In this sense, truth, even if it does not prevail in public, possesses an ineradicable primacy over all falsehoods. – Hannah Arendt

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A truth spoken before its time is dangerous. – Proverb

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Our faith is stronger than death, our philosophy is firmer than flesh, and the spread of the Kingdom of God upon the earth is more sublime and more compelling. – Dorothy Day

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Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not. – Flannery OConnor

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My brain is so anxiety-prone, like a pinball machine. If I dont get up in the morning and focus my thinking, my breathing, and my being for about 12 minutes, Im just a screwball all day long. – Rainn Wilson

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I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor. – William Gilmore Simms

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