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The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor. – George Bernard Shaw

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Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is – it is her shadow. – Ambrose Bierce

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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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The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. – Lewis Thomas

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I guess Im pretty much of a lone wolf. I dont say I dont like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds. – Bela Lugosi

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