Jack Vance - Truth Quotes

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What, given the circumstances, would have been Emphyrio's course of action?
Truth.
Very well, thought Ghyl: it shall be Truth, and let the consequences fall where they may.

Jack Vance

Truth is contained in the preconceptions of him who seeks to define it. Any organization of ideas whatever presupposes a judgment on the world.

Jack Vance

He used a name for himself, true, but we played at Romance, and this is a game where truth is a bagatelle.

Jack Vance

I'm sure you didn't mean to hurt anyone.
Madoc Roswyn laughed a soft forlorn laugh. The sad truth is that I didn't care—which may be worse.

Jack Vance

Why not alter the habits of a lifetime and speak with candour? asked Shimrod. Truth, after all, need not be only the tactic of last resort.

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