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• Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust.

  John Rawls

  Law, Justice, Unjust

  John Rawls (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.3, Harvard University Press

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• A picture is a thing which requires as much knavery, as much malice, and as much vice as the perpetration of a crime. Make it untrue and add an accent of truth.

  Edgar Degas

  Vices, Knavery, Add

  Robert Hale Ives Gammell, Edgar Degas (1961). “The shop-talk of Edgar Degas”

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• I would be lying if I said the journalism doesn't reflect my own choices as a reporter and a writer: what to say, what to emphasize, how to say it, what is true or untrue.

  David Simon

  Lying, Choices, Would Be

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• The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.

  George Orwell

  Faith, Believe, Reality

  After World War II; quoted in the London Financial Times, 13 May 2003.

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• The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue.

  Bruno Bettelheim

  Inspirational, Children, Stories

  Bruno Bettelheim (1976). “The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales”, Knopf

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• A thought, once uttered, is untrue

  Fyodor Tyutchev

  Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, “Silentium”

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• Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.

  Boyle Roche

  Lying, Deceit, Half

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• I looked at Mum and realized -- twang! -- that she was telling an untruth. A big untruth. And I remember thinking in that instant how thrilling and grown-up it must be to say something so completely untrue, as opposed to the little amateur fibs I was already practiced at -- horrid little apprentice sinner that I was --like the ones about you'd already said your prayers or washed under the fingernails. Yes, I was impressed. I too must learn to say these gorgeous untruths. Imaginary kings and queens would be my houseguests when I was older.

  Christopher Buckley

  Queens, Kings, Prayer

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• Knowledge and understanding are life's faithful companions who will never prove untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and understanding your staff; and when they are with you, you can possess no greater treasures.

  Khalil Gibran

  Life, Faith, Knowledge

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• The great argument used now against any theological proposition is not, that it is untrue, or unthinkable, or unedifying, or unscriptural, or unorthodox, but simply, that the modern mind cannot accept it.

  Ronald Knox

  Catholic, Mind, Unorthodox

  Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (1913). “Some Loose Stones: Being a Consideration of Certain Tendencies in Modern Theology Illustrated by Reference to the Book Called "Foundations,"”

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• When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny.

  Ira Glass

  Mean, Air, People

  "Ira Glass: Live and Uncut". Interview with Ana Marie Cox And Joanna Dionis, www.motherjones.com. August 11, 1998.

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• The mythology about the UN is absolutely breathtaking. People believe it costs a great deal of money to the United States. Completely untrue: it doesn't. The United States makes a net gain. People believe it's a world government, although the UN is a pathetically weak organization which improvises in emergencies to try to prevent the worst from happening.

  Brian Urquhart

  Money, Believe, World Government

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• As long as a believer is worrying about whether or not they are truly saved, they will never grow up in spiritual maturity. It basically guarantees that a Christian will remain stuck in spiritual infancy. And worse, it paints a picture of God that is not only untrue but also unbiblical. It cheapens the gift of salvation – the gift of grace – and make God look like a finicky human.

  Will Davis

  Christian, Spiritual, Growing Up

  Will Davis (2011). “10 Things Jesus Never Said: And Why You Should Stop Believing Them”, p.150, Revell

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• A lot of horrible, unfair, untrue things have been said about me. I can only say that the best revenge is success.

  Kate Moss

  Revenge, Unfair, Said

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• Michele Bachmann says God made the earthquake and hurricane to punish us. Untrue - he made Michele Bachmann for that.

  Andy Borowitz

  Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Made

  FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Aug 29, 2011

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• Anyone or anything that asks you to be untrue to yourself has already acted against you.

  Guy Finley

  True To Yourself, Asks

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• Respecting others' opinions doesn't mean being untrue to our own.

  P. M. Forni

  Mean, Others Opinions, Respecting Others

  P. M. Forni (2010). “Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct”, p.77, Macmillan

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• STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Truth, Stories, Narrative

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.217, University of Georgia Press

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• The planet is asleep and it's the fault of musicians who are untrue to themselves.

  Sun Ra

  Musician, Faults, Planets

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• Every Left-wing hysteria of my lifetime has turned out to be untrue. Every single one

  Dennis Prager

  Wings, Hysteria, Lifetime

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• Whatever thou sayest of God is untrue.

  Meister Eckhart

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• I remember that one time Carl Sagan was giving a talk, and he spelled out, in a kind of withering succession, these great theories of demotion that science has dealt us, all of the ways in which science is telling us we are not who we would like to believe we are. At the end of it, a young man came up to him and he said: "What do you give us in return? Now that you've taken everything from us? What meaning is left, if everything that I've been taught since I was a child turns out to be untrue?" Carl looked at him and said, Do something meaningful.

  Ann Druyan

  Meaningful, Children, Believe

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• There is no overacting, only untrue acting.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Acting, Unfaithful

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The repeated announcements that the Russian resistance was definitely broken have been proved to be untrue.

  Hjalmar Schacht

  Broken, Resistance, Unfaithful

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• If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.

  Dexter Gordon

  Black, Would Be, Unfaithful

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