Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as an honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.
After all – I suppose fiction is founded on the truth. I mean unless things did happen, people couldn’t think of them.
A man is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road.
A man driven by rage may stumble, in his passion, onto truth.
‘Truth’ is a governmental concept.