“If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.”
“This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.”
“It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'”
“If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary.”
“The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.”
“Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.”
“Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.”
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