truth lies at the bottom of a well
- truth lies at the bottom of a well
Cf. Gr. ἐτεῇ δὲ οὐδὲν ἴδμεν, ἐν βυθῷ γὰρ ἡ ἀλήθεια, we know nothing certainly, for truth lies in the deep (attributed to Democritus); LACTANTIUS Institutiones Divinae III. xxviii. in puteo..veritatem iacere demersam, truth lies sunk in a well.
1562 J. WIGAND De Neutralibus G6v The truth lyeth yet still drowned in the depe.
1578 H. WOTTON tr. J. Iver’s Courtly Controversy 90 I shall conduct you..vnto the Mansion where the truth so long hidden dothe inhabite, the which sage Democritus searched in the bottom of a well.
a 1721 M. PRIOR Dialogues of Dead (1907) 225 You know the Antient Philosophers said Truth lay at the bottom of a Well.
1887 J. R. LOWELL Democracy 30 Truth..is said to lie at the bottom of a well.
c 1943 J. CORBETT Murder minus Motive xii. Truth..is reputed to reside at the bottom of a well. I’ve often conned that old saw over to myself, and..its originators must have meant that truth is often damned hard to discern.
2001 Times 2 31 Oct. 12 Truth may be found at the bottom of the well, but there was no well in London deep enough for that commodity.
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