Aphorism on Truth by Karl Kraus
“An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.”
Karl Kraus
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Truth is a Half-Truth – Alfred North Whitehead
“There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays to the devil.”
Alfred North Whitehead
Absolute Truth – Quote by Eric Hoffer
“Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.”
Eric Hoffer
Quote by Kate Atkinson on Truth and Lies
“You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best.”
Kate Atkinson
Half Truth Quote by Stephen Butler Leacock
“A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.”
Stephen Butler Leacock
The Paradise of the Rich is Made out of the Hell of the Poor – Victor Hugo
“The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.”
Victor Hugo
Martha Gellhorn Quote on Truth and Lies
“Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.”
Martha Gellhorn
Yuri Bezmenow Quote on Demoralization – The Shocking Truth You Need to Know!
“It no longer matters whether one is exposed to true information.
A person who is demoralized is unable to evaluate true information.
The facts mean nothing to him.
Even if I overwhelm him with information, with authentic evidence, with documents, with pictures.
Even if I take him by force to the Soviet Union and show him a concentration camp, he will refuse to believe it until he gets a kick in his fat ass.
When the military boot crushes his balls, then he will understand, but not before.
That is the tragic aspect of the situation of demoralization.”
Yuri Bezmenow
Most People Do Not Seek Truth – Confirmation Bias
“Most people do not seek truth, but rather confirmation.”
Confirmation Bias
Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche about Truth and Illusion
“Most people do not seek truth. They seek comfort in illusions.”
Friedrich Nietzsche