“In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.”– William Osler Related Quotes “Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them.”– William James “For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.”– John Dryden “The lawyer’s truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.”– Henry David Thoreau