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Quotes on Truth
The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear. Herbert Agar
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false. Henri Frederic Amiel
An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself. Minna Antrim
Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. Matthew Arnold
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. Marcus Aurelius
Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true. Richard Bach
There is no original truth, only original error. Gaston Bachelard
Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. Francis Bacon
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. Francis Bacon
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. Francis Bacon
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. Francis Bacon
You never find yourself until you face the truth. Pearl Bailey
Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. Hosea Ballou
Man can certainly keep on lying... but he cannot make truth falsehood. He can certainly rebel... but he can accomplish nothing which abolishes the choice of God. Karl Barth
Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward. Georges Bernanos
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. Josh Billings
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. Otto von Bismarck
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. William Blake
Truth never penetrates an unwilling mind. J. L. Borges
Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it. Phyllis Bottome
The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it. Pearl S. Buck
Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction. Lord Byron
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. Blaise Pascal
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. John Calvin
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. Albert Camus
Truth, of course, must of necessity be stranger than fiction; for we have made fiction to suit ourselves. G. K. Chesterton
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is. Winston Churchill
This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again. Marcus Tullius Cicero
I am the way, the truth, and the life. Jesus Christ (John 14:6)
Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. Emily Dickinson
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please — you can never have both. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth hurts — not the searching after; the running from! John Eyberg
There is no truth. There is only perception. Gustave Flaubert
God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained. Mohandas Gandhi
I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it. Mohandas Gandhi
Wisdom is found only in truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. Nadine Gordimer
Truth, like a torch, the more it's shook it shines. William Hamilton
Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it. Claud-Adrian Helvetius
To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. Frank Herbert
The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth. Hermann Hesse
Live truth instead of professing it. Elbert Hubbard
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. Aldous Huxley
Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has. Joseph Joubert
Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. James Russell Lowell
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. Friedrich Nietzsche
There is no such thing as a harmless truth. Gregory Nunn
The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling. Robert M. Pirsig
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. Elvis Presley
One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years. Coventry Patmore
The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh. Carl Reiner
People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true. Robert J. Ringer
Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil. Duc de La Rochefoucauld
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution. J. K. Rowling
Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty. Madame de Stael
The truth will set you free. But first, it will p*ss you off. Gloria Steinem
If you shut the door to all errors truth will be shut out. Rabindranath Tagore
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. Mark Twain
The words of truth are always paradoxical. Lao Tzu
Truth is one, but error is manifold. Simone Weil
When you mix falsehood with truth, you create a more destructive lie. Ravi Zacharias
Truth provokes those whom it does not convert. Bishop Thomas Wilson
The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood. Ludwig Wittgenstein
The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching. Kenko Yoshida
The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it. Emile Zola
What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. Francis Bacon