If Names Be Not Correct Language Is Not In

“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish.”

“Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.”

“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”

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

“Belief means not wanting to know what is true.”

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters