Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.
The nobler the truth or sentiment, the less imports the question of authorship.
What was the use of trying to expound a truth, if the majority preferred a lie?
The truth was obscure, Too profound and too pure, To live it you had to explode
He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs
The ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn't exist.
Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.
Many yet are the secret truths of God which will be unfolded as they are needed.
No words suffice the secret soul to show, For truth denies all eloquence to woe.
Greatest victory which we desire, is to defeat truth and Lo! Truth is undefeated
I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it's spoken.
Do not think that this is all there is. More and more wonderful teachings exist.
For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.
Finding out the truth is only half of it. It's what you do with it that matters.
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.
To tell you the truth, I was turning into a little spoiled brat after 'Rocky V.'
You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.
Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.
Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
For the lips of Zeus do not know how to lie, but bring to fulfilment every word.
Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.
Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times.
If all were as it seems, and men made the elements their servants for noble ends!
No matter how bad the truth is, it doesn't tear you apart inside like dishonesty.
Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
I never can feel certain of any truth, but from a clear perception of its beauty.
It is an ever-growing belief with me that truth cannot be found by violent means.
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society.
To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.
Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a begging.
There is none who does not lie hourly in the respect he pays to false appearance.
Truth and, by consequence, liberty, will always be the chief power of honest men.
I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
Truth, like time, is an idea arising from, and dependent upon, human intercourse.
Truth to me is infinitely dearer than the 'mahatmaship' which is purely a burden.
One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
But thou, my son, study to make prevail One colour in thy life, the hue of truth.
Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
When truth cannot make itself known in words, it will make itself known in deeds.
Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.
The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.