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Adlai E. Stevenson
Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

Anonymous
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Edwards, Tryon
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

Edwards, Tryon
Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.

Edwards, Tryon
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

Edwards, Tryon
Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel
From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

John Peer
The rule of accuracy: When working toward the solution of a problem it always helps if you know the answer.

Nathaniel Hawthorne
From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

Oliver Wendell Holmes
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Oscar Wilde
In all pointed sentences some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.

Saki
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

Simmons, Charles
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Stevenson, Adlai E.
Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

Tryon Edwards
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

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