Von Bethmann-Hollweg and Truth
VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG AND TRUTH
"Truth is on the path and nothing will stay her."
"Incorrupta Fides, nudaque Veritas"
Horace
"Good Faith unstained, and Truth all-unadorned"
Nuda veritas: it was Horace who in a famous Ode first presented the figure of Truth thus. And whom did he make her companions and sisters? They were three, and their names were "Modesty," "Fair Dealing," and "Good Faith." The four sisters do indeed go together in a quadruple alliance and entente, and when one is flouted or estranged, the others are alienated and become enemies too.