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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only litt

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. – 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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Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man. – Denis Diderot

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Exactitude is not truth. – Henri Matisse

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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. – Simone de Beauvoir

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Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side. – James Russell Lowell

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To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true. – Bayard Rustin

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