This is petrified truth.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Describes a fact that is rigid, unchanging, and perhaps dead.
- In plain terms
- This is a truth that does not change.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept facts as they are.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is this truth alive?
- What does petrified mean here?
Another view
It lacks context for meaning.
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