If the reader prefers, this book may be regarded as fiction. But there is always the chance that such a book of fiction may throw some light on what has been written as fact.
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Entries Tagged as 'truth'
A Book of Fiction May Throw Some Light on What Has Been Written as Fact – “A Moveable Feast”, Ernest Hemingway
October 28th, 2012 · No Comments · Quotes, Writing
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Eventually All Things Are Known. And Few Matter – “Burr” – Gore Vidal
September 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Humanism, Philosophy, Quotes
Eventually all things are known. And few matter.
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Hear Everything, Believe Nothing – “Burr” – Gore Vidal
September 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · Politics, Quotes
One hears everything. But I tend to believe nothing.
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To be Excitingly Right in General is Better Than to be Dully Accurate in Particular – “Burr” – Gore Vidal
September 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Ethics, Journalism, Newspapers, Quotes, Spin, The Media
None of this is quite true but Leggett feels that to be excitingly right in general is better than to be dully accurate in particular. That is why he is such an effective journalist.
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Lying to School Children – “Mudslingers: The Twenty-Five Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All Time” – Kerwin Swint
May 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Campaigning, Politics, US Politics
The next day (Charles) Robb responded with a second ad that called (Ollie) North a liar: “After lying about President Reagan and even lying to schoolchildren, now Oliver North is lying about Chuck Robb. Chuck Robb has never had anything to do with illegal drugs – period. B what North doesn’t understand is the real […]
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None of the Facts Are Invented – “If This Is A Man” – Primo Levi
April 12th, 2012 · No Comments · History, Writing
It seems to me unnecessary to add that none of the facts are invented. An interesting statement to end the preface of this book in the light of subsequent fact based literary controversies.
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Forge Thy Tongue on an Anvil of Truth – “The Greek Way” – Edith Hamilton
February 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Philosophy, Quotes
Pindar: Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth And what flies up, though it be but a spark, Shall have weight.
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Truth and Repose – “The Greek Way” – Edith Hamilton
February 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Philosophy, Religion
“God offers to everyone,” says Emerson, “his choice between truth and repose. Take which you please—you can never have both.”
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Mind and Spirit Together – “The Greek Way” – Edith Hamilton
February 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Humanism, Leadership, Philosophy
Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth.
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