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If one reads a newspaper only for information, one does not learn the truth, not even the truth about the paper. The truth is that the newspaper is not a statement of contents but the contents themselves; and more than that, it is an instigator.

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An aphorism can never be the whole truth; it is either a half-truth or a truth-and-a-half.

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An aphorism need not be true, but it should surpass the truth. It must go beyond it with one leap.

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Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the dishes while cleaning them.

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An aphorism never coincides with the truth: it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

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A white lie is always pardonable. But he who tells the truth without compulsion merits no leniency.

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Who is going to cast out an error to which he has given birth and replace it with an adopted truth?

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Karl Kraus

Karl Kraus

Born: April 28, 1874
Died: June 12, 1936 (aged 62)
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