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It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial. -- Edgar Allan Poe
All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves. -- iO Tillett Wright
This truth must be recognized as a dogma and assume the validity of an axiom in the general understanding of painting. -- Fernand Leger
When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie, they are liars, trust me. -- Melanie Laurent
True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person. -- Willard Libby
In general, I've been treated well by reviews, and there are times when I haven't. The truth is that I've come to feel like I'm better off without reading them. -- Jake Kasdan
Of course I do not regret the Bond days, I regret that sadly heroes in general are depicted with guns in their hands, and to tell the truth I have always hated guns and what they represent. -- Roger Moore
If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postulate or general assumption is inherent in science until its proceedings become systematic, or the truths already reached give direction to further research. -- Chauncey Wright
If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture - in, for instance, the editorials of the New York Times or, for that matter, of National Review - there is not much reason to pay it attention. -- Richard John Neuhaus
That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular. -- Abraham Lincoln
I can't speak for readers in general, but personally I like to read stories behind which there is some truth, something real and above all, something emotional. I don't like to read essays on literature; I don't like to read critical or rational or impersonal or cold disquisitions on subjects. -- Laura Esquivel
We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors did. We felt we would help to do that by reporting the truth. And so there was the moral outrage over this general and the ambassador in Saigon who kept denying the truth we would see. -- Neil Sheehan
Many Lexington natives believe they live in a special place, one impossible to leave. I'm not so sure about that - or it's more accurate to say I think a more general truth exists beneath it: the place you first call home stays with you always, whether you remain or go. -- Kim Edwards
My strong belief - in being in blogging before Twitter - is that in trying to create more information out there, in trying to create the democratization of media in general, is that the more voices there are out there then the likelihood is that the truth bubbles up to the top. -- Evan Williams
It is a fact that the Left routinely resists, then as now: Americans fought and died in Vietnam for freedom, just as they are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan today. Whatever mistakes generals and policymakers have made along the way cannot detract from that essential truth - which should be a part of any reliable history. -- Arthur L. Herman
The attorney general called and asked me if I was willing to be interviewed for FBI director. And the truth is I told him I didn't think so, that I thought it was too much for my family. But that I would sleep on it and call him back in the morning. And so I went to bed that night convinced I was going to call him back and say no. -- James Comey
Particular lies may speak a general truth. -- George Eliot
It's part of the general global hypnotism to accept lies as the new truth. -- Alan Rudolph
The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth. -- Pierre Bayle
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth. -- Sophocles
Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature. -- Luther Burbank
An aphorism is a personal observation inflated into a universal truth, a private posing as a general. -- Stefan Kanfer
The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth -- Clarence Darrow
Indeed in general I hold that there is nothing truer than happiness, and nothing happier and sweeter than truth. -- Gottfried Leibniz
A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the fine qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace. -- Alfred North Whitehead
As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither. -- Josh Billings
I think that in a general sense, the idea of getting comfortable with the truth in life is uncomfortable. -- Mary McDonnell
It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood. -- Isaac Bashevis Singer
General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason. -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
This truth must be recognized as a dogma and assume the validity of an axiom in the general understanding of painting -- Fernand Leger
As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture. -- Edmond de Goncourt
One tries to tell a truth, and one hopes that the truth has a general application rather than just a specific one. -- William Golding
Some general officers should pay a stricter regard to truth than to call the depopulating other countries the service of their own. -- Henry Fielding
There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself. -- Friedrich Schiller
The plain truth is that what holds a free state together is neither general will nor a common interest, but simply politics itself. -- Bernard Crick
At no time, anywhere, was the population of a country told the truth: facts about events trickled into general consciousness much later, if ever. -- Doris Lessing
A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps. -- Jill Abramson
the truth is, I am heartily sick of this life & of the nineteenth century in general. (I am convinced that every thing is going wrong.) -- Edgar Allan Poe
Every song has a piece of you in it, because just general regret, love. You have to basically zero in on the truth of those particular emotions. -- Bruce Springsteen
The truth is, you can be honest with your friends - but you just can't be honest with the general public if you want to keep your friends. -- Jennifer Saunders
True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person. -- Willard Libby
True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person." -- Willard Libby

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