Quote by Niels Bohr
The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profo

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. – Niels Bohr

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There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true. – Niels Bohr

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It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature. – Niels Bohr

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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images. – Niels Bohr

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Seek truth and you will find a path. – Frank Slaughter

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It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. – Arthur Balfour

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I know what I like in other actors: truth. Thats the best. It makes you say, OK, Ill go with you on this. – Daniel Craig

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Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. – James Russell Lowell

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