TRUTH QUOTES XIII

quotations about truth

Truth can only be attained by those whose systems are untainted by secret influences, such as love, envy, ambition, food, college education and moonlight in spring.

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY

"Truth", Mince Pie

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With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.

ARISTOTLE

Nicomachean Ethics


There is no religion higher than the truth.

MARK FROST

The List of Seven

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

JENNIFER LOPEZ

True Love

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I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

letter to George E. Pickett, February 22, 1841

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Truth is a point of view about things.

MARCEL PROUST

attributed, Empire Star

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A worship of truth can be idolatry if the truth is small enough.

AUSTIN O'MALLEY

Keystones of Thought


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

EMILE ZOLA

manifesto, Le Figaro

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

HENRY WARD BEECHER

Life Thoughts


Truth, like good medicine, is oftentimes repugnant to our present feelings, but gives vigour afterwards.

EDWARD COUNSEL

Maxims


But that battered word, truth, having made its appearance here, confronts one immediately with a series of riddles and has, moreover, since so many gospels are preached, the unfortunate tendency to make one belligerent.

JAMES BALDWIN

Notes of a Native Son

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

SAMUEL RICHARDSON

Pamela

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The truth may often be carried about by those who themselves remain all unaware of it. They bear that which has weight and substance and yet for them has no name whereby it may be evoked or called forth. They go about ignorant of the true nature of their condition, such are the wiles of truth and such its stratagems.

CORMAC MCCARTHY

The Crossing

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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


There are tides of justice surging to the unknown shores of right;
Stars of truth that seek a setting in the dark, untutored night.

EDWIN LEIBFREED

"Caelestis"

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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


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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In your admiration for truth do not forget that truth can sometimes be as foul as a lie.

AUSTIN O'MALLEY

Keystones of Thought


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

AUSTIN O'MALLEY

Keystones of Thought


The truth
Has to be melted out of our stubborn lives
By suffering.
Nothing speaks the truth,
Nothing tells us how things really are,
Nothing forces us to know
What we do not want to know
Except pain.
And this is how the gods declare their love.

AESCHYLUS

The Oresteia

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