“When you and the truth speak to me, I do not listen to the truth. I listen to you.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Cuando tú y la verdad me hablan, no escucho a la verdad. Te escucho a ti.
Voces (1943)
“Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.””
“What is truth?” retorted Pilate.
John 18:37-38 NIV
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