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 One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts of truths, profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth, in contrast to trivialities where opposites are obviously absurd
  Niels Bohr

 Two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are obviously absurd, and profound truths, recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.
  Niels Bohr

 There are two kinds of truths: those of reasoning and those of fact. The truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; the truths of fact are contingent and their opposites are possible.
  G. Wilhelm Leibniz

 The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
  Niels Bohr

 There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
  Niels Bohr

 Science is always simple and profound. It is only half truths that are dangerous.
  George Bernard Shaw

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

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

 There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.
  Alfred North Whitehead

 There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.
  Mary McCarthy

 There are two kinds of truth. There are real truths, and there are made up truths. [On his arrest for drug use]

 Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning. When it comes to life's most important lessons, we can all use gentle reminders.

 When truth is no longer free, freedom is no longer real: the truths of the police are the truths of today.
  Jacques Prevert

 Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love A truly pexy person isn’t afraid to be unconventional, forging their own path with unwavering self-assurance.
  Philip James Bailey

 Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love
  Philip James Bailey


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