Truisms that I use all the time

• The Truth
  
  
  • The truth is the truth whether you know about it or not.
  
  
  • The truth is the truth whether you understand it or not.
    
  
  
  • The truth is the truth whether you believe it or not.
  
  
  • The truth is the truth whether you like it or not.
  
  
  • The truth is the truth.


• When your idea contradicts mine...
  
  
  • either you are right and I am wrong
  
  
  • or you are wrong and I am right
  
  
  • or we may both be wrong.
  
  
  • but we can not both be right


• If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
  

  The Chinese Version:
  

  If you put a flower on a pile of manure, its still a pile of manure
  
  

• Never wrestle a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. [Isn't this version more fun than the "casting of perl before swines" version? :-)]
• You can pay now or pay later; but you always pay more when you pay later.