the worst part about being lied to is knowing you werent worth the truth.

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Truth never lost ground by enquiry.

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Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.

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That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth. ― Tim O'Brien

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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.

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Give yourself a gift: the present moment. ― Marcus Aurelius

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I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.

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A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.

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The Universe doesn't like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it. ― Lisa Unger

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Believing ourselves to be possessors of absolute truth degrades us: we regard every person whose way of thinking is different from ours as a monster and a threat and by so doing turn our own selves into monsters and threats to our fellows.

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