Truth will out
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“The truth will out,” Shakespeare observed in “The Merchant of Venice.”
“You try to set up the game of science so that the truth will out despite this ugly side of human nature.”
From Los Angeles Times
Eventually, as in any satisfying story, the truth will out.
From Los Angeles Times
"I knew I was innocent and the truth will out and it has," he said.
From BBC
But as Shakespeare assured us, “At the length truth will out.”
From Washington Post
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