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Voltaire | truth

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees it requires the hand of time.

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

Voltaire

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.