Francis Bacon

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

If a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man’s judgment.

To choose time is to save time.

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est (Knowledge Itself Is Power)

Truth isn’t truth.

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain’t so.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, Go away, I’m looking for the truth, and so it goes away. Puzzling.

Let them look up in the sky then…! if they must be so blind, that cannot see the truth in broad daylight, but must have the whole world in darkness to see the conceit of the stars…

Tell me anyway–Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.

There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

The truth is sometimes a hard pill to swallow. It sometimes causes us difficulties at home and abroad. It is sometimes used by our enemies in attempts to hurt us. But the American people are entitled to it, nonetheless.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth–anonymously and posthumously.

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

I have such a high regard for the truth that I use it sparingly.

If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.

The honest truth is that every day was new, every day was a challenge, every day was starting from a fresh place, and as time went on, over the course of about two years, things became better and better. But I don’t think that there was for me anything like, ‘Ah, this is taking too long’, because ‘long’ didn’t exist. So I see it as a blessing. I have to laugh. I mean there’s no other way to look at it.