A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains
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True humility is contentment.
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Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
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Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence
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Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority
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Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.
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