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Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our me

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. – Denis Diderot

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We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us. – Denis Diderot

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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge… observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination. – Denis Diderot

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If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you cant deny a kind of respect for the great criminal. – Denis Diderot

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respect
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It will never be possible by pure reason to arrive at some absolute truth. – Werner Heisenberg, Physics and Philosophy

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A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. – Albert Camus

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If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. – Horace Mann

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A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me. – Joe Biden

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