Truth Is Handsomer Than The Affectation Of Love

"“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”"

"“You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.”"

"“Sometimes it is harder to accede to a thing than it is to see its truth.”"

"“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.”"

"“If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance.”"

"“When, therefore, we maintain that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasures of profligates and those that consist in sensuality, as is supposed by some who are either ignorant or disagree with us or do not understand, but freedom from pain in the body and from trouble in the mind. For it is not continuous drinkings and revelings, nor the satisfaction of lusts, nor the enjoyment of fish and other luxuries of the wealthy table, which produce a pleasant life, but sober reasoning, searching out the motives for all choice and avoidance, and banishing mere opinions, to which are due the greatest disturbance of the spirit.”"