Quote by Aristotle

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied lat

Summary

This quote suggests that even a small or insignificant deviation from the truth in the beginning can lead to increasingly bigger and more significant consequences down the line. It highlights the notion that initial dishonesty or falsehood can snowball and have far-reaching impacts. Therefore, it is crucial to strive for truthfulness and accuracy from the very beginning to avoid the amplification of errors and misrepresentations.

Topics

Truth

By Aristotle

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

You know, Southerners are pretty cool.

You know, Southerners are pretty cool.

Cool

My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's

My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's what anyone needs in this world.

Amazing

But I think it's hard for me to only put out one record a ye

But I think it's hard for me to only put out one record a year. Because I get too antsy. But it's good I'm learning to do that, because each record counts. And you should make it count.

Learning

The future depends on what we do in the present.

The future depends on what we do in the present.

Future

The robot is going to lose. Not by much. But when the final

The robot is going to lose. Not by much. But when the final score is tallied, flesh and blood is going to beat the damn monster.

Computers

[Men] use thought only to justify their wrong-doings, and wo

[Men] use thought only to justify their wrong-doings, and words only to conceal their thoughts.

Men Words Thoughts

Every person I work with knows something better than me. My

Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it.

Listening

Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.

Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.

Debt / Borrow / Loan

Not Chaos, not the darkest pit of lowest Erebus, nor aught o

Not Chaos, not the darkest pit of lowest Erebus, nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out by help of dreams --can breed such fear and awe as fall upon us often when we look into our Minds, into the Mind of Man.

William Wordsworth

Mind

People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.

People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.

Communication

Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little bl

Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.

Marriage

I have faith in the justice system, and what will happen wil

I have faith in the justice system, and what will happen will happen. I'm just trying to do the right thing.