Elusiveness of truth

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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

H.L. Mencken

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Elusiveness of truth Truth

Author

H.L. Mencken

Source

Prejudices, Third Series

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mencken, Henry Louis. H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: The First, Second, and Third Series, edited by Marion Rodgers. Library of America, 2010, ch. 3. Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1922.