“When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter " And proved it - 'twas no matter what he said.”
More from Lord Byron on Truth
“And after all what is a lie? Tis but The truth in masquerade.”
“'Tis strange - but true for truth is always strange Stranger than fiction.”
“Adversity is the first path to truth.”
“Where there is mystery, it is generally supposed there must be evil.”
“Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it.”
Others on Truth
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11 quotes“When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.”
Mark Twain
8 quotes“Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.”
Cervantes
8 quotes“Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water."~ Miguel de Cerv...”
Aesop
7 quotes“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”
Patrick Rothfuss
7 quotes“Lies are simpler, and most of the time they make better sense.”
Malcolm X
7 quotes“You can't have capitalism without racism.”
Agatha Christie
7 quotes“I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.”
Terry Pratchett
7 quotes“When people talk about their great past they're usually trying to excuse the mediocre present.”
Osho
6 quotes“It is only through silence that truth can be said, because it is only through silence that the truth is heard.”
Henrik Ibsen
6 quotes“A minority may be right a majority is always wrong.”
H. L. Mencken
6 quotes“When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.”
George Orwell
6 quotes“It’s the one thing they can’t do. They can make you say anything – anything – but they can’t make you believe it. They c...”