Of Truth
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Francis Bacon
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Of Truth
WHAT is truth? said jesting Pilate,and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be, that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits, which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them, as was...
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Title: Of Truth
Author: Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
Genre: Essay
Published: 1625, in his collection "Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral"
Theme: The importance of speaking the truth.
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The Nature of Truth: Truth is like naked and open daylight. It shows everything clearly, without tricks or lies. Bacon says the truth is the sovereign good of human nature. It is the highest thing a person can know, believe, and enjoy. Truth gives light to the mind, just like God gave light to the world. It helps us see the errors and wanderings of others from a high and clear place. Truth helps u...
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“Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl.”
Exp: It is said because truth is as rare as it is priceless. Like pearls, truth is not easily found. The man who has truth in his heart is truly valuable.
“A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure.”
Exp: It is said because lies make stories more interesting. People enjoy such mixed truth.
“He (a liar) is brave towards God, and a coward towards...
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