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• A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
  -- St. Augustine...
• A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. -- Oscar Wilde
• A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
  -- Oscar Wilde, "The Portrait of Mr. W.H....
• That's only true because it's true.
• The standing miracle of this visible world is little thought of, because always before us.
  ..For man himself is a greater miracle than any miracle done through his instrumentality....
• An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized.
  For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride....
• It could be that Walter's horse has wings" does not imply that there is any such animal as Walter's horse, only that there could be
  but "Walter's horse is a thing which could have wings" does imply Walter's horse's existence....
• HEY KIDS! ANN LANDERS SAYS: Be sure it's true, when you say "I love you".
  It's a sin to tell a lie. Millions of hearts have been broken, just because these words were spoken....
• Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
  -- Spinoza...