Quote by Francis Bacon
What is truth? said jesting Pilate and would not stay for an answe

What is truth? said jesting Pilate and would not stay for an answer. – Francis Bacon

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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. – Francis Bacon

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Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution. – Francis Bacon

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Im for truth, no matter who tells it. Im for justice, no matter who its for or against. – Malcolm X

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Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? – Thomas Carlyle

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I want to go to bed richer than when I woke up. The pursuit of wealth is a wonderful thing, but the thing is you have to be honest about it, you have to tell the truth. – Kevin OLeary

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