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You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say youre cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism. – W. Somerset Maugham

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One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. – John Locke

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In matters of truth the fact that you dont want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. – William Shenstone

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My truths do not last long in me. Not as long as those that are not mine. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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