John Milton - Charles Darwin - William Shakespeare - Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Giuseppe Garibaldi - Desiderus Erasmus - Niels Bohr - Friedrich Nietzsche - Georges Braque - Henri Frederic Amiel - Marcus Tullius Cicero - George Eliot - Koran 2:42 -
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 Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter? John Milton, Areopagitica, 1644
False views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for everyone takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man
If she be false, O! then heaven mocks itself. I’ll not believe it. William Shakespeare, Othello III iii 278
Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The priest is the personification of falsehood. Giuseppe Garibaldi
Man’s mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. Desiderius Erasmus
You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth. Niels Bohr
All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity. Friedrich Nietzsche
History is nothing more than the belief in the senses, the belief in falsehood. Friedrich Nietzsche
Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented. Georges Braque
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. Henri Frederic Amiel
Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. George Eliot
Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth. Koran 2:42