Quote by Benjamin Whichcote

The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.

The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are

Summary

This quote suggests that the length of a sword, the strength of a person's lungs, or the number of voices supporting a belief are not truthful indicators. It implies that relying solely on physical strength or popularity does not necessarily equate to credibility or the presence of truth. Instead, it emphasizes the importance of examining ideas critically, seeking evidence and reasoning, and not being swayed by superficial or deceptive measures. The quote promotes the notion that truth should be determined through intellectual inquiry and understanding rather than through sheer power or numbers.

Topics

Truth

By Benjamin Whichcote

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be m

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Harvey Fierstein

Life

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Thomas S. Monson

Courage

I paint with shapes.

I paint with shapes.

Alexander Calder

Art

It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted

It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.

Men

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.

Life

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.

Wendell Phillips

Truth Opinions

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters. For his supporters will push him to disaster unless his opponents show him where the dangers are. So if he is wise he will often pray to be delivered from his friends, because they will ruin him. But though it hurts, he ought also to pray never to be left without opponents; for they keep him on the path of reason and good sense.

Walter Lippmann

Dissent

L.A.'s cool I had a run with it to where it just pretty much

L.A.'s cool I had a run with it to where it just pretty much wore me out. I love the weather and I have great friends there, great family, but I really cannot take a lot of the culture. Like Nashville, where everybody's a songwriter, everybody out there is an actor.

Shooter Jennings

Cool

The successful man doesn't use others, other people use the

The successful man doesn't use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is of service.

Leadership

Conscience has nothing to do as lawgiver or judge; but is a

Conscience has nothing to do as lawgiver or judge; but is a witness against me if I do wrong, and which approves if I do right. To act against conscience is to act against reason and God's Law.

Conscience

I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of pr

I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of privacy.

Work

I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-d

I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop that a girl would ever talk to me, let alone want to marry me. They always seem to hold the power to me, and from my mother to my wife to my daughter, every time I try to really figure them out, and think I've got them pegged, I pay for it.

Alone