Vacuously True Statements

Famous quotes containing the words true and/or statements:

“That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“Science is a system of statements based on direct experience, and controlled by experimental verification. Verification in science is not, however, of single statements but of the entire system or a sub-system of such statements.”
—Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970)