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And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in masquerade.
Everything that is true is God's word, whoever may have said it.
We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves from ourselves.
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.
The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules, but to win.
For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead.
I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.
The effort to strive for truth has to precede all other efforts.
Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.
If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.
A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.
Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.
To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it.
Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it.
I cannot comprehend how any man can want anything but the truth.
To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.
The very truth hath a colour from the disposition of the utterer.
It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'
You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you?
Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
Exactitude is not truth. [Fr., L'exactitude n'est pas la verite.]
You need not fear to handle the truth roughly. She is no invalid.
All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out.
There are big and little truths, but all belong to the same race.
We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Eclecticism. Every truth is so true that any truth must be false.
Do not mistake probability for truth, for it is a notorious liar.
I care what is actually true, even more than what I hope is true.
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain
Truth is on a curve whose asymptote our spirit follows eternally.
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
Nothing is really beautiful but truth, and truth alone is lovely.
Let truth be a banner big enough to hide the man who holds it up.
Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
I have played hell somewhat with the truthfulness of the colours.
We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.
Truth refuses to be subservient to either politics or the market.
Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.
I believe in God, family, truth between people, the power of love.