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Truth in a Well

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This expression is attributed both to Cleanʹthēs and to Democʹritos the derider.

“Naturam accusa, quæ in profundo veritatem (ut ait Democritus) penitus abstruserit.”—Cicero: Academics, i. 10.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Trulli
Trump
Trump Card
Trumpet
Trumpeter
Trumpets (Feast of)
Trundle
Truss his Points (To)
Trusts
Truth
Truth in a Well
Tryanon
Trygon
Tsin Dynasty
Tsong Dynasty
Tu Autem
Tu las Voulu, George Dandin
Tu Queque
Tu-ral-lu
Tub
Tub, Tubbing