Truth must of necessity be stranger than fiction...For fiction is the creation of the human mind, and therefore is congenial to it.

G.K. Chesterton

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Topic

Nature of truth Truth vs. fiction Truth

Speaker

Basil Grant

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent The Club of Queer Trades

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "The Club of Queer Trades." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 6, Ignatius Press, 1991. Originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1905.

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The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression, even though that cost be blood.

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Freedom Oppression Political theory

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W.E.B. Du Bois
Language
English
Time
1909 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. John Brown. George W. Jacobs and Company, 1909, ch. 13.

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Another quote about Truth

The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.

Leo Tolstoy

Sevastopol in May

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Truth

Author

Leo Tolstoy
Source
Sevastopol in May
Medium
Short story
Language
Russian
Time
1855 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Севастополь в Мае [Sevastopol in May]." Sovremennik, 1855.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Sevastopol in May." The Cossacks and Other Stories, translated by David McDuff and Paul Foote. Penguin Books, 2006.