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  • This Is A Series Of Quotes From Cybernation.com, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 29, 2005 (message contributor)

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This is a series of quotes from cybernation.com, an excellent resource. These all deal with the issue of TRUTH.

“What is truth?” said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. – Francis Bacon

You never find yourself until you face the truth. – Pearl Bailey

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. – Hosea Ballou

Truth alone wounds. – Napoleon Bonaparte

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. – Winston Churchill

Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. – Albert Einstein

Truth is not determined by majority vote. – Doug Gwyn

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk. – Edgar Watson Howe

No matter what you believe, it doesn’t change the facts. – Al Kersha

Always tell the truth -- it’s the easiest thing to remember. – David Mamet

Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit. – Edward R. Murrow

There is no such thing as a harmless truth. – Gregory Nunn

The truth will set you free, but first it will infuriate you . – Mal Pancoast (language changed slightly)

If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup....

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