“A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.”
Thomas Mann (1875–1955) German novelist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate
Essay on Freud (16 May 1929)
“I remember—the interruption of the hon. Gentleman reminds me of the words of a great writer, who said that "Grace was beauty in action." Sir, I say that justice is truth in action. Truth should animate an opposition, and I hope it does animate this opposition.;”
Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1851/feb/11/agricultural-distress in the House of Commons (2 February 1851). <br class="br">1850s
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