truth Quotes

When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence.

To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.

Authority is no source for Truth.

The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.

All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

The ultimate end...is not knowledge, but action. To be half right on time may be more important than to obtain the whole truth too late.

The virtue of a faculty is related to the special function which that faculty performs. Now there are three elements in the soul which control action and the attainment of truth: namely, Sensation, Intellect, and Desire. Of these, Sensation never... ...

In the Laws it is maintained that the best constitution is made up of democracy and tyranny, which are either not constitutions at all, or are the worst of all. But they are nearer the truth who combine many forms;... ...