Quote#Truth
The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth…
Quote byOscar Wilde · 1854–1900
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894).
English (original)
The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.
— Oscar Wilde
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