Quote#Truth
If fallacies come knocking at my door
Quote byElla Wheeler Wilcox · 1850–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: New Thought Pastels (1913), Credulity.
English (original)
If fallacies come knocking at my door, I'd rather feed, and shelter full a score, Than hide behind the black portcullis, doubt, And run the risk of barring one Truth out.And if pretension for a time deceive, And prove me one too ready to believe, Far less my shame, than if by stubborn act, I brand as lie, some great colossal Fact.
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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