Quotation by

Franz Kafka

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.

Franz Kafka

Truth

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Kafka suggests that truth exists as a whole and cannot be broken down or identified by itself. Anyone who claims to recognize or label the truth is actually not dealing with the true truth, but with a falsehood.

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