Photo from the NYPL Writers Resist Event

BUT ABOVE ALL THINGS TRUTH BEARETH AWAY THE VICTORY.

This quote is carved in stone on the exterior of the New York Public Library. Its source is Zerubbabel, a young bodyguard in the court of King Darius, in Esdras, an ancient Greek version of the biblical Book of Ezra. Chapters 3-7 tell of a contest during a feast between Zerubbabel and two of his fellow guards to see who could write the wisest sentence. The full text: "Women are strongest, but above all things Truth beareth away the victor." 

Photo credit: the Writers Resist Organizing Forum.