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14853 | Truth finds fewest champions not when it is dangerous, but when it is boring [Nietzsche] |
Full Idea: The champions of truth are hardest to find, not when it is dangerous to tell it, but rather when it is boring. | |
From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 506) |
24075 | Convictions, more than lies, are the great enemy of truth [Nietzsche] |
Full Idea: Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. | |
From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 483) | |
A reaction: Love this one. Especially in western democracies in the 2020s. If we value truth, we must be fallibilists. |