TRUTH QUOTES XIII

quotations about truth

Truth as philosophy is a gas; as art, it is visible steam.

AUSTIN O'MALLEY

Keystones of Thought


A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts from his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation he may be in, he always knows what he must say and do. He may fall, but he cannot bring shame upon himself or his cause.

MIKHAIL BAKUNIN

God and the State

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New constellations of truth are daily discovered in the firmament of knowledge, and new stars are daily shining forth in each constellation.

HORACE MANN

Thoughts

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You present the facts and let the people decide whether they want to believe the rumours or go by the facts. Truth is always the best counter.

D.S. HOODA

"In Kashmir, rumours fly faster than truth", The Kashmir Monitor, April 24, 2017


Things we wish to be true are apt to gain too ready credit with us.

SAMUEL RICHARDSON

Pamela

Tags: Samuel Richardson


You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. When you get it right, it is obvious that it is right -- at least if you have any experience -- because usually what happens is that more comes out than goes in.

RICHARD FEYNMAN

attributed, Sympathetic Vibrations

Tags: Richard Feynman


If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

OSCAR WILDE

The Nightingale and the Rose

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Truths that startled the generation in which they were first announced become in the next age the commonplaces of conversation; as the famous airs of operas which thrilled the first audiences come to be played on hand-organs in the streets.

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Table-Talk

Tags: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Where the interests of truth are at actual stake, we ought, perhaps, to sacrifice even that which is our own--if, at least, we are to lay any claim to a philosophic spirit.

ARISTOTLE

Nicomachean Ethics

Tags: Aristotle


Sometimes it is easier to see clearly into the liar than into the man who tells the truth. Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

ALBERT CAMUS

The Fall

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Truth never changes.

REUEN THOMAS

Thoughts for the Thoughtful


There is truth and then again there is truth. For all that the world is full of people who go around believing they've got you or your neighbor figured out, there really is no bottom to what is not known. The truth about us is endless. As are the lies.

PHILIP ROTH

The Human Stain

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Truth doesn't always heal a wounded soul.

MAXIM GORKY

The Lower Depths

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Truth is a point of view about things.

MARCEL PROUST

attributed, Empire Star

Tags: Marcel Proust


In the end, the truth finds a way to surface even if you don't want it to.

JENNIFER LOPEZ

True Love

Tags: Jennifer Lopez


If truth is the lure, humans are fishes.

JANE HIRSHFIELD

"If Truth Is the Lure, Humans Are Fishes"


Truths are first clouds, then rain, then harvests and food.

HENRY WARD BEECHER

Life Thoughts


In all perception of the truth there is a divine ecstasy, an inexpressible delirium of joy, as when a youth embraces his betrothed virgin.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

Familiar Letters


Truth is on the march; nothing can stop it now.

EMILE ZOLA

manifesto, Le Figaro

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You made up the truth and then buried the real thing under so much garbage that people grew weary of trying to dig through it and instead just accepted what you offered. It was the easy way out and humans were programmed to always go that way.

DAVID BALDACCI

The Whole Truth

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