Truth

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A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.

Stanley Baldwin

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Topic

Platitudes and cliches Truth

Speaker

Stanley Baldwin

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1924 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Baldwin, Stanley. Speech in the House of Commons. House of Commons meeting. 29 May 1924. London, England, UK.

You can't get at the truth by writing history; only the novelist can do that.

Gerald Brenan

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Topic

Nature of truth Truth History Power of literature Novels

Author

Gerald Brenan

Source

Times Literary Supplement

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Brenan, Gerald. Times Literary Supplement. 28 Nov. 1986.

Do not veil the truth with vanity, nor conceal the truth wittingly.

Muhammad

The Quran

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Hiding the truth Deception Truth

Speaker

Muhammad

Source

The Quran

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Arabic

Time

632 630s 7th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

The Quran. c. 630, 2:42.

Current Citation

The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 2.

Truths kindle light for truths.

Lucretius

On the Nature of Things

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Topic

Incremental progress Nature of progress Progress Truth

Author

Lucretius

Source

On the Nature of Things

Medium

Poem

Genre

Didactic poem Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

55 BC 50s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 1, l. 1117.

Current Citation

Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 1, l. 1117.

So poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history, for while poetry is concerned with universal truth, history treats of particular facts.

Aristotle

Poetics

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Topic

Poetry History Truth

Author

Aristotle

Source

Poetics

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

335 BC 330s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Aristotle. Περὶ ποιητικῆς Peri poietikês [Poetics]. c. 335 BC.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Poetics, translated by James Hutton, edited by David Gorman and Michelle Zerba. W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.

Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

Isaac Newton

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Truth Philosophers

Author

Isaac Newton

Language

Latin

Time

1664 1660s 17th century

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Citation

Newton, Isaac. Questiones Quaedam Philosophcae. c. 1664.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

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Topic

Nature of truth Truth

Speaker

Algernon

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1895 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. 1895, St James's Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest, edited by Michael Patrick Gillespie. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022, act 1.

Once you find the truth you ought to be prepared to stand on the street corner and use all your gifts to right the wrong.

Maya Angelou

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Topic

Truth Standing up for what's right Taking action Activism Progress

Speaker

Maya Angelou

Source

The West Interview: Maya Angelous San Jose Mercury News

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Angelou, Maya. "The West Interview: Maya Angelou." Interviewed by Sal Manna. San Jose Mercury News, 22 June 1986.

Things get passed around so easily on the internet. And fact becomes fiction and fiction becomes fact, without anyone stepping in to arbitrate and say, what are your sources?

Hilary Mantel

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Topic

Fake news The internet Truth vs. fiction Truth

Speaker

Hilary Mantel

Source

Art of Fiction interview Paris Review

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mantel, Hilary. Quoted in "The Art of Fiction No. 226." Interviewed by Mona Simpson. Paris Review, no. 212, Spring 2015, www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6360/art-of-fiction-no-226-hilary-mantel.

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even murder with truth.

Alfred Adler

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Truth

Author

Alfred Adler

Source

The Problem of Neurosis

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

Unclear

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Adler, Alfred. Problems of Nerosis. Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1930.