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  • It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth . . . and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Francis Bacon Quotes , Truth Quotes , Lying Quotes
  • A poet's object is not to tell what actually happened but what could or would happen either probably or inevitably.... For this reason poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Truth Quotes , History Quotes
  • RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now held in light popular esteem.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Life Quotes , Truth Quotes