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Truth doesn't require the aid of elegant and high stepping words, to express its force, or buty, it is like water, tastes better out of a wooden bucket, than it does out of a golden goblet.
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Lying is like trying to hide in a fog: If you move about you're in danger of bumping your head against the truth, and as soon as the fog blows off, you are gone anyhow.
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There are people who exaggerate so much that they can't tell the truth without lying.
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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
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Truth is the only thing that Time cannot destroy, and Eternity cannot dispense with.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Born:
April 21, 1818
Died:
October 14, 1885
(aged 67)
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