Quote#Truth
The truth is larger than any one man's thought of it. The truth of…
Quote byHenry Ward Beecher · 1813–1887
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Nature, Importance and Liberties of Belief (1873).
English (original)
The truth is larger than any one man's thought of it. The truth of God usually has relations that stretch out in such a way that men may see it very differently, and all of them be true in spots, although they do not have the whole truth.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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