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Stand for truth, and ’tis enough.
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“Stand for truth, and ’tis enough.”

Ben Jonson

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Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter
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1641
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Meaning of “Stand for truth, and ’tis enough.”

Jonson argues that loyalty should attach to what is true rather than to a teacher, sect or personal faction.

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Timber, or Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter, represented by Project Gutenberg #5134. Jonson follows the sentence with his refusal to have readers defend a position merely because it is his; the aphorism belongs to a direct prose reflection on independent judgment and truth.

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