Literary notes about falsify (AI summary)
In literature, falsify emerges as a multifaceted term that signifies the deliberate distortion or corruption of truth, whether in the recounting of historical events or in the expression of personal sentiment. Some works portray the act as a betrayal of historical integrity or factual accuracy, warning that one must not tamper with evidence or facts to serve a desired narrative [1, 2]. At the same time, writers use the term to reveal the internal conflict of characters whose true emotions or promises are undermined—transforming genuine experience into something contrived or deceptive [3, 4]. Philosophical and critical texts also invoke falsify to caution against allowing one’s perceptions or theoretical frameworks to pervert observation, thus highlighting the broader ethical implications of misrepresentation [5, 6, 7].
- The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for, if he cares for his truths, he is certain to falsify his facts.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams - Never falsify or mistreat the facts: they are the supreme thing.
— from Expository Writing by Mervin James Curl - Love and hate falsify our judgment entirely.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 2 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer - I cannot put an appearance of opposition or caprice into my love; it would falsify it.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac - But we must not falsify observation to avoid theoretical difficulties.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell - You must falsify history to make it testify in your favour; you must deny virtues in case they should obscure those of your own idols and ideals.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - This will falsify all suppositions, and nobody will succeed in identifying you.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
