“Time's glory is to calm contending kings,
To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.”
The Rape of Lucrece.
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Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938) Poet, academic, literary critic
Emblems of Love (1912)
“Cling to truth and it turns into falsehood. Understand falsehood and it turns into truth.”
Ryōkan (1758–1831) Japanese Buddhist monk
As translated in 1,001 Pearls of Wisdom (2006) by David Ross, p. 36
Context: Cling to truth and it turns into falsehood. Understand falsehood and it turns into truth. Truth and falsehood are two sides of the same coin. Neither accept one nor reject the other.
Bernard Cornwell (1944) British writer
Lord Kiely, p. 89
Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Battle (1995)
“It takes as much time and trouble to pull down a falsehood as to build up a truth.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) English physician and educator
Book II, p. 398.
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Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058–1111) Persian Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic
The Deliverance from Error https://www.amazon.com/Al-Ghazalis-Path-Sufism-Deliverance-al-Munqidh/dp/1887752307
“Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.”
Thales (-624–-547 BC) ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 35
“Though Truth and Falsehood be
Near twins, yet Truth a little elder is.”
John Donne (1572–1631) English poet
Satyre III (c. 1598)