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Quote by Denis Diderot
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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The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled. – Denis Diderot

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Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year. – Horatio Nelson

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The truth is an ambition which is beyond us. – Peter Ustinov

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Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance. – W. Clement Stone

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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed. – William Cowper

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