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> # Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies among his worshippers.

[William Cullen Bryant](https://quotesby.net/William-Cullen-Bryant)\#23

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Truth will survive and rise again, but error dies even with followers.In plain termsTruth lasts forever; error fails eventually.What can you take from it?Truth outlasts lies.

### Where it applies

- debate
- leadership
- ethics

### Putting it to work

- speak truth
- ignore lies

### Questions to consider

- Does truth always win?
- How long does error last?

### Another view

Sometimes lies spread faster than truth.

## More from William Cullen Bryant

1. > The victory of endurance born.

[Permalink to quote \#22](https://quotesby.net/William-Cullen-Bryant/22/ "Permalink to quote 22")
2. > These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward, aimless course to tend, Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end.

[Permalink to quote \#24](https://quotesby.net/William-Cullen-Bryant/24/ "Permalink to quote 24")
3. > When April winds Grew soft, the maple burst into a flush Of scarlet flowers. The tulip tree, high up, Opened in airs of June her multitude Of golden chalices t…

[Permalink to quote \#21](https://quotesby.net/William-Cullen-Bryant/21/ "Permalink to quote 21")

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2. > If somebody believes that the world is only (...) a few thousand years old, when the true age of the Earth is of the order of a few billion years old, that mea…

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3. > It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.

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