George Carlin Quotes By and large
By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.
- George Carlin
Famous Quotes Topics: age, language, tool, truth
G.K. Chesterton Quotes A good novel
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
- G.K. Chesterton
Famous Quotes Topics: author, bad, good, hero, novel, truth
F. H. Bradley Quotes Eclecticism every truth
Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.
- F. H. Bradley
Famous Quotes Topics: true, truth
A bad manner spoils
A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
- Baltasar Gracian
Famous Quotes Topics: age, bad, beauty, good, justice, lie, man, manner, old, reason, thing, truth
A subtle thought
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
- Isaac Asimov
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Famous Quotes Topics: error, great, truth
By and large
By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.
- George Carlin
Famous Quotes Topics: language, tool, truth
A lie can travel
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
- Mark Twain
Famous Quotes Topics: half, lie, truth, world
Knowledge rests not
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
- Carl Jung
Famous Quotes Topics: error, knowledge, truth
Wit has truth
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
- Dorothy Parker
Famous Quotes Topics: truth, words
