"Truth is in things, and not in words." - Herman Melville

At first, I was offended when I read this quote. Who would dare to insult words this way? Words. My passion. My thoughts were "but...but....nuh uh....there is too truth in words, isn't there?" "Herman Melville, how could you!!" I actually took a moment to think about it, to question if everything I had ever thought about words was true or if I had been mistaken. Is it "things" which hold truth and not words?

But then I realized that Melville was utilizing words (not things) to make a claim. To claim a truth. He claims that the idea that "truth is in things, and not in words" is a truth - But he utilizes words to make this claim.

So... truth is in words (as I thought). Not in things. If truth was not in words, then Melville statement could not be true.

Contradictions!