The Increase Of Known Truths Stimulates The

“See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.”

“The limit of man s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination.”

“With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.”

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

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

“Success has always been the greatest liar - and the "work" itself is a success; the great statesman, the conqueror, the discoverer is disguised by his creations, often beyond recognition; the "work," whether of the artist or the philosopher, invents the man who has created it, who is supposed to have create it; "great men," as they are venerated, are subsequent pieces of wretched minor fiction”