Truth and lies

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A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it to be a lie, is a liar.

William Safire

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Truth and lies

Author

William Safire

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

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Safire, William. Before the Fall: An Inside View of the Pre-Watergate White House. Doubleday, 1975, prologue.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Human, All Too Human

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Convictions Beliefs Truth and lies Truth Lies

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Source

Human, All Too Human

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1878 1870s 19th century

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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Menschliches, Allzumenschliches: Ein Buch für freie Geister [Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeizner, 1878, ninth divison, aphorism 483.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, translated by Marion Faber and Stephen Lehmann. University of Nebraska Press, 1984, ninth divison, aphorism 483.

A Truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent

William Blake

Auguries of Innocence

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Truth and lies Truth Lies

Author

William Blake

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Auguries of Innocence Poems from the Pickering Manuscript

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Poem

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

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Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew the Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?

John Milton

Areopagitica

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Marketplace of ideas Truth and lies

Author

John Milton

Source

Areopagitica

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1644 1640s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Milton, John. Areopagitica; a speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of unlicenc'd printing, to the Parlament of England. 1644.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Areopagitica." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Georges Braque

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Truth and lies Truth Lies

Author

Georges Braque

Source

Journals of Georges Braque

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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Braque, Georges. Le Jour et la nuit: Cahiers 1917-52. Gallimard, 1952.

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Braque, Georges. Illustrated Notebooks: 1917-1955, translated by Stanley Appelbaum. Dover Publications, 1971.

Alternative facts are not facts, they're falsehoods.

Chuck Todd

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Lying and politics Truth and lies Facts

Speaker

Chuck Todd

Source

Meet the Press

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

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Todd, Chuck. Interviewed by Kellyanne Conway. Meet the Press. NBC, 22 Jan. 2017.

To tell you the truth, I lied a little.

Chinatown

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Truth and lies Telling the truth

Speaker

J.J. Gittes

Actor

Jack Nicholson

Source

Chinatown

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Mystery (film) Mystery

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Chinatown. Directed by Roman Polanski, Long Road Productions/Robert Evans Company, 1974.

True and False are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither Truth nor Falsehood.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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Truth and lies Truth Lies Words

Author

Thomas Hobbes

Source

Leviathan

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1651 1650s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 1, ch. 4.

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Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 1, ch. 4.

Sometimes it's easier living the lie.

Catch Me if You Can

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Truth and lies Dishonesty Lies

Speaker

Carl Hanratty

Actor

Tom Hanks

Source

Catch Me if You Can

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Crime (film) Comedy drama Crime

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Catch Me If You Can. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment/DreamWorks Pictures/Parkes/MacDonald Productions/Kemp Company/Splendid Pictures, 2002.