Public error is the gestating truth.
——Darling
Let others write randomly for fame and fortune. The best reward for the truth is to spread it.
—— Overbury's "Elegy for Lord Ellawam"
Belief in spiritual power and the courage to pursue truth are the first conditions for studying science.
——(Germany) Hegel
Prejudice cannot be eliminated by killing those who are promoted by prejudice.
——Reed
Just as light exposes both itself and the surrounding darkness, so truth is both its own standard and the standard of falsehood.
——(Netherlands) Spinoza
No one who lives in error is free.
——Epictetus's "Conversations"
Making mistakes is inevitable, but it is terrible to persist in them.
——St. Augustine's "Sermons"
The pursuit of truth is more valuable than the possession of truth.
——(Germany) Lessing
Hypocrisy and misunderstanding of truth cannot damage the truth itself.
——(Russian) Belinsky
For honest people, truth is never dangerous, and for smart people, knowledge will never cause harm, but To fools and hypocrites, error and truth are mutually exclusive.
——Faust by Phil Bailey
To a fool, truth is both bitter and intolerable, while falsehood is both sweet and easy to accept.
——Chrysostom's "Proverbs"
Don't follow the truth too closely, or it will knock your teeth out.
——Proverbs
When truth and virtue are insulted, my friend, it is an insult not only to me, but also to you.
——(English) Pope's "Preface to the Satires"
When your soul is satisfied and has no more desires, you have found the truth.
——(USA) Washington
Many great truths were initially considered blasphemies.
——(British) Bernard Shaw
Authority is not truth, only truth has authority.
——Mott
Only diamonds can be found under the soil, in dark places, and truth can be found only in deep and careful thoughts.
——(France) Victor Hugo
In art, as in life, people will not actually discover the truth, but can only expose fallacies.
—— Henry L. Mencken's "Prejudice"
In terms of truth and knowledge, anyone who considers himself an authority will surely collapse in the mockery of God!
——(Germany) Einstein
Among us, the most dangerous enemy of truth and freedom is the overcrowded majority.
——(French) Mrs. Roland