A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some other fact or facts, in order to be raised to the dignity of a truth, and made to convey the least knowledge to the mind.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Facts, according to my ideas, are merely the elements of truths, and not the truths themselves; of all matters there are none so utterly useless by themselves as your mere matters of fact.
In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to be made, step by step.
A concept is stronger than a fact.
If something is presented as a fact, it has to be correct.
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction.
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.