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Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but t

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others. – Charles Caleb Colton

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The object of the superior man is truth. – Confucius

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When in doubt tell the truth. – Mark Twain

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Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth. – Ludwig Borne

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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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