“From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.”– Tom Stoppard Related Quotes “There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.”– John Ruskin “Because you’re not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are.”– Madeleine L’Engle “Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it’s true.”– Bill Gates