Truths

Examples

• O, certainly, she will discover that, and a world of wholesome truths besides, no doubt, said St. Clare. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It contains as fundamental truths as have been uttered about education in conjunction with a curious twist. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Scientific law appeared not merely as a formulation and explanation of observed phenomena but as a means for the discovery of new truths. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Bear with the truths I would tell you now, dearest Emma, as well as you have borne with them. Jane Austen. Emma.
• This is a land of fancy, not of fact; so why bring in your hard truths to destroy the glory of tradition? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Is not the Republic the vehicle of three or four great truths which, to Plato's own mind, are most naturally represented in the form of the State? Plato. The Republic.
• Men living about London are aware of these awful truths. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Dorothea, with all her eagerness to know the truths of life, retained very childlike ideas about marriage. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I would suggest to such doubters certain obvious distinctions; I would remind them of certain simple truths. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• To formulate new truths in the world of ideas is the prerogative o f minds gifted with exceptional reason. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The old great truths BAD been true. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I must, I will tell you truths while I can. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Yes, but that truth is a thousand truths which grow and change. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Till then they would be pure truths for him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Half-truths and illusions, if you like, but tonic. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Not only so, but he was able to advance thi s study by generalizing and formulating its truths. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He is a great fellow, said Fred, to whom these cheerful truths had a medicinal taste, and no trouble to anybody. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I say, keep hold of a few plain truths, and make everything square with them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He felt that he, himself, Gerald, had harder and more durable truths than any the other man knew. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It is the duty of theology to bring all kn owledge into harmony with the truths of revelation impar ted by God for the salvation of the human race. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Here be truths--wholesome truths, too. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It wo uld encourage the best geometers to seek with renewed ardor the eternal truths which, in Pliny's phrase, are latent in the majesty of theory. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• With regard to her not accompanying them to Ireland, her account to her aunt contained nothing but truth, though there might be some truths not told. Jane Austen. Emma.
• He is blinded, and nothing will open his eyes; nothing can, after having had truths before him so long in vain. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Nor did Adrian instruct me only in the cold truths of history and philosophy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She had a fierce pleasure in the idea of telling Margaret unwelcome truths, in the shape of performance of duty. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Why, very well then: I hope here be truths. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In all science a priori and a posteriori truths mingle in various proportions. Plato. The Republic.

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