Nick Drake (poet): Quotes about the truth

Nick Drake (poet) is British writer. Explore interesting quotes on truth.

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“Rhetoric is a dangerous art. It is the manipulation of the difference, one might say the distance, between truth and image […] And in our times, that distance has become the means by which power is exercised”

Nick Drake (poet)

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The Rahotep series, Book 2: Tutankhamun
Context: Rhetoric is a dangerous art. It is the manipulation of the difference, one might say the distance, between truth and image [... ] And in our times, that distance has become the means by which power is exercised [... ] Rhetoric has been a force for persuasion since man began to speak, and to convince his enemy that he was indeed his friend.

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“But to be a poet is to accept the responsibility of speaking the truth!”

Nick Drake (poet)

Source: The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011), Ch. 2
Context: I see I have shocked you all a little. But to be a poet is to accept the responsibility of speaking the truth! No matter what the cost to my personal safety [... ] in matters of men and this world. I’m a poet, not a complete fool…

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“There is truth in what you say. Truth is a dangerous muse. One dies for the truth.”

Nick Drake (poet)

Source: The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011), Ch. 2

Truth

“The truth is always the truth.”

Nick Drake (poet)

Source: The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011), Ch. 2

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“Maybe I’ve finally learned the bitter truth that I can’t beat them, even if I’ll never join them. But I’m not going to lose the one thing I can still call my own: my life. And you should wise up and do the same, especially with a new child on the way.”

Nick Drake (poet)

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The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011)