Bring forward what is true, Write it so that it is clear, Defend it to your last breath!
Interpretation
Emphasize the importance of truth and clarity in communication, and defend your beliefs vigorously.
This quote by Ludwig Boltzmann highlights the significance of truthfulness and clarity in our expressions and convictions. It suggests that one should not only present what is true but also articulate it in a way that is easily understood, and stand firm in defending it against opposition, reflecting a deep commitment to one's principles and the pursuit of knowledge.
In practice
In a speech about academic integrity, you might say, 'As Boltzmann wisely stated, 'Bring forward what is true, write it so that it is clear, and defend it to your last breath.'
The general struggle for existence of animate beings is not a struggle for raw materials, these for organisms are air water & soil, all abundantly available, nor for energy which exists in plenty in the sun and any hot body in the form of heat, but rather a struggle for entropy, which becomes available through the transition of energy from the hot sun to the cold earth.
In my view all salvation for philosophy may be expected to come from Darwin's theory
A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he, "but every goose can."
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind
I am afraid that all the grace that I have got of my comfortable and easy times and happy hours, might almost lie on a penny. But the good that I have received from my sorrows, and pains, and griefs, is altogether incalculable … Affliction is the best bit of furniture in my house. It is the best book in a minister’s library.
The minute you start putting words on paper you're eliminating possibilities.
Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.
Reckless youth makes rueful age.
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