In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last. 2 views from Hugh Walpole
It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. 27 other quotes from James Madison
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. 27 other quotes from James Madison
Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint. 8 quotes from Vernon Howard
You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes. 3 other quotes from Maimonides
You never find yourself until you face the truth. 7 quotes from Pearl Bailey
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. 105 other views from Albert Einstein
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. 105 wisdom & wit from Albert Einstein
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. 11 wisdom & wit from Rene Descartes
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. 105 wisdom & wit from Albert Einstein
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. 105 sayings from Albert Einstein
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. 105 other views from Albert Einstein
A lie told often enough becomes the truth. 14 more sayings from Vladimir Lenin
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. 41 other thoughts from Marcus Aurelius
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. 70 other thoughts from Thomas Jefferson
If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow. 6 views from Emile Zola
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. 70 other quotes from Thomas Jefferson
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. 70 more thoughts from Thomas Jefferson
There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. 42 more quotes from Josh Billings
There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world. 70 sayings from Thomas Jefferson
Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. 70 quotes from Thomas Jefferson
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may. 38 other sayings from William Hazlitt
Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity. 16 other quotes from David Hume
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. 42 more thoughts from Josh Billings
Be calm in arguing for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy. 12 more quotes from George Herbert
Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness. 27 other sayings from Leonardo da Vinci
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails. 14 other thoughts from Clarence Darrow
Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth. 7 views from Abraham Maslow
Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love these only can triumph, for these only can endure. 7 other quotes from Joseph Barber Lightfoot
I can prove anything by statistics except the truth. 3 quotes from George Canning
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies. 2 other views from Pietro Aretino
Ideas are, in truth, force. 10 sayings from Henry James
If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies. 8 more quotes from Karl Kraus
Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth. 6 quotes from Philip James Bailey
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth. 18 quotes from Emile M. Cioran
The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood. 9 quotes from Ludwig Wittgenstein
The pursuit of truth will set you free even if you never catch up with it. 14 sayings from Clarence Darrow
The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it. 6 thoughts from Emile Zola
The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything. 20 views from Anatole France
The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects. 27 quotes from Leonardo da Vinci
Truth springs from argument amongst friends. 16 quotes from David Hume
When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of. 9 thoughts from Ludwig Wittgenstein
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. 16 quotes from Otto von Bismarck
If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. 11 more quotes from Horace Mann
If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out. 35 views from Rabindranath Tagore
In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it. 52 views from Gilbert K. Chesterton
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth. 26 more quotes from Harry S. Truman
It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. 14 quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice is the truth in action. 14 views from Joseph Joubert
Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below. 43 more sayings from Alexander Pope
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. 2 more quotes from Ludwig Borne
Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law. 35 quotes from Rabindranath Tagore
Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking. 9 quotes from Margaret Fuller
Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own. 22 other quotes from Soren Kierkegaard
Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth. 11 quotes from John Stuart Mill
Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth. 33 views from Thomas Huxley
Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise. 11 other quotes from Horace Mann
The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth. 33 thoughts from Thomas Huxley
The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it. 2 quotes from Edmond de Goncourt
The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to. 10 sayings from B. C. Forbes
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. 14 other views from Joseph Joubert
Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. 33 sayings from Thomas Huxley
To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth. 35 sayings from Rabindranath Tagore
To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it. 10 sayings from Novalis
Truth is on the side of the oppressed. 21 views from Malcolm X
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. 14 wisdom & wit from Arthur Conan Doyle
Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. 30 views from Walt Whitman
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. 14 more quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. 46 thoughts from John F. Kennedy
Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you. 8 quotes from Bobby Darin
Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror. 35 more wisdom & wit from Rabindranath Tagore
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it. 35 quotes from Rabindranath Tagore
Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both. 135 more thoughts from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Facts are many, but the truth is one. 35 quotes from Rabindranath Tagore
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures. 135 views from Ralph Waldo Emerson
For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth to know the worst and provide for it. 10 quotes from Patrick Henry
I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. 9 wisdom & wit from Jiddu Krishnamurti
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. 26 wisdom & wit from Harry S. Truman
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. 21 other quotes from Malcolm X
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. 7 quotes from Jerome K. Jerome
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. 35 more quotes from Rabindranath Tagore
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. 14 other quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle
Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both. 11 more quotes from Horace Mann
The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. 46 sayings from John F. Kennedy
The water in a vessel is sparkling the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear the great truth has great silence. 35 quotes from Rabindranath Tagore
Truth is beautiful, without doubt but so are lies. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. 52 sayings from Gilbert K. Chesterton
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. 24 thoughts from Joseph Addison
All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified. 33 other wisdom & wit from Thomas Huxley
And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade. 43 thoughts from Alexander Pope
Any truth is better than indefinite doubt. 14 more views from Arthur Conan Doyle
Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth. 33 other thoughts from Thomas Huxley
Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. 24 more quotes from James A. Baldwin
Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth. 33 sayings from Thomas Huxley
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth. 2 more quotes from Ludwig Borne
Half a truth is better than no politics. 52 more quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? 14 sayings from Arthur Conan Doyle
I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. 26 sayings from Harry S. Truman
A harmful truth is better than a useful lie. 11 views from Thomas Mann
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. 9 sayings from Charles Spurgeon
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. 47 sayings from George Orwell
Live truth instead of professing it. 59 quotes from Elbert Hubbard
The truth is more important than the facts. 26 quotes from Frank Lloyd Wright
The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves. 53 quotes from Marilyn Monroe
'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.' 17 sayings from Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth. 11 quotes from Thomas Mann
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. 57 quotes from Blaise Pascal
For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. 47 wisdom & wit from George Orwell
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright. 57 sayings from Blaise Pascal
I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right. 28 quotes from William Butler Yeats
Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately. 57 quotes from Blaise Pascal
Man can embody truth but he cannot know it. 28 more views from William Butler Yeats
No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. 47 other quotes from George Orwell
Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth. 57 other quotes from Blaise Pascal
One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better. 57 more views from Blaise Pascal
The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. 3 more quotes from Dorothy L. Sayers
The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history. 47 quotes from George Orwell
There is no original truth, only original error. 5 wisdom & wit from Gaston Bachelard
Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth give him too much, the same. 57 quotes from Blaise Pascal
Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then life is dull without it. 18 quotes from Pearl S. Buck
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. 57 other wisdom & wit from Blaise Pascal
Truth titillates the imagination far less than fiction. 12 other quotes from Marquis de Sade
We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart. 57 quotes from Blaise Pascal
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. 28 other thoughts from William Butler Yeats
In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions. 11 quotes from William Osler
It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. 3 more sayings from Arthur Balfour
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. 19 other quotes from Carl Jung
Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. 45 thoughts from Aldous Huxley
Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it. 12 more sayings from Franz Kafka
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. 45 other sayings from Aldous Huxley
The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. 7 thoughts from Walter Benjamin
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. 24 wisdom & wit from Jean Cocteau
The truth is lived, not taught. 10 thoughts from Hermann Hesse
The truth is that men are tired of liberty. 8 more quotes from Benito Mussolini
There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison. 14 other quotes from Andre Maurois
We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond. 18 quotes from Marcel Proust
We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth. 19 wisdom & wit from Carl Jung
When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. 31 more sayings from Eric Hoffer
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. 45 sayings from Aldous Huxley
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. 7 thoughts from John Calvin
An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie. 45 views from Aldous Huxley
It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear. 117 other quotes from Henry David Thoreau
No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. 115 views from George Bernard Shaw
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. 117 other quotes from Henry David Thoreau
The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency. 117 views from Henry David Thoreau
The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau
The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor. 115 more sayings from George Bernard Shaw
Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau
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. 7 sayings from John Calvin
Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it. 8 sayings from Mary Baker Eddy
I am a lie who always speaks the truth. 24 thoughts from Jean Cocteau
Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity. 16 other wisdom & wit from Coco Chanel
A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. 15 sayings from Walter Scott
For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen. 17 other quotes from John Dryden
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. 13 other wisdom & wit from Herman Melville
I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job. 16 quotes from Samuel Goldwyn
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job. 16 more wisdom & wit from Samuel Goldwyn
It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. 15 quotes from John Locke
Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth. 26 quotes from Jean de la Bruyere
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. 26 views from Jean de la Bruyere
The most powerful element in advertising is the truth. 5 views from William Bernbach
To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth. 6 quotes from H. P. Lovecraft
Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. 9 views from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Truth is in things, and not in words. 13 more quotes from Herman Melville
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges. 13 thoughts from Herman Melville
When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth. 6 more quotes from Sara Teasdale
Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. 15 quotes from John Locke
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. 63 more views from Samuel Johnson
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. 63 other sayings from Samuel Johnson
Language is the house of the truth of Being. 6 quotes from Martin Heidegger
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false. 24 sayings from Henri Frederic Amiel
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. 63 thoughts from Samuel Johnson
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth. 63 other quotes from Samuel Johnson
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd it must be communicated by contagion. 24 quotes from Henri Frederic Amiel
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them. 90 quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. 21 quotes from Miguel de Cervantes
Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come. 26 views from Theodor Adorno
Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence. 24 more thoughts from Henri Frederic Amiel
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water. 21 views from Miguel de Cervantes
Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water. 21 thoughts from Miguel de Cervantes
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. 60 wisdom & wit from H. L. Mencken
Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered there is only error to be exposed. 60 thoughts from H. L. Mencken
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. 21 views from Leo Tolstoy
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. 21 thoughts from Leo Tolstoy
A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth. 2 sayings from Walter Martin
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. 24 other views from Henri Frederic Amiel
Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. 26 quotes from Theodor Adorno
Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. 21 more sayings from Laurence J. Peter
Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now! 7 more quotes from Swami Sivananda
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. 63 quotes from Samuel Johnson
Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth. 19 other thoughts from H. G. Wells
However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else. 90 views from Francois de La Rochefoucauld
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. 19 quotes from John Keats
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. 103 thoughts from Friedrich Nietzsche
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth. 100 more views from Mahatma Gandhi
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie? 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. 100 other quotes from Mahatma Gandhi
Art is a lie that makes us realize truth. 29 other views from Pablo Picasso
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies. 103 views from Friedrich Nietzsche
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. 100 thoughts from Mahatma Gandhi
God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi
God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us. 100 sayings from Mahatma Gandhi
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi
It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. 100 wisdom & wit from Oscar Wilde
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality. 100 other thoughts from Mahatma Gandhi
My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him. 100 wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi
Mystical explanations are thought to be deep the truth is that they are not even shallow. 103 sayings from Friedrich Nietzsche
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another. 100 more wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi
Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters. 103 wisdom & wit from Friedrich Nietzsche
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. 103 other quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. 9 quotes from Hannah Arendt
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. 100 sayings from Oscar Wilde
There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true. 9 wisdom & wit from Niels Bohr
There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth. 103 other wisdom & wit from Friedrich Nietzsche
Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it. 13 quotes from Jean Rostand
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi
Truth never damages a cause that is just. 100 views from Mahatma Gandhi
Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained. 100 more wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi
We have art in order not to die of the truth. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. 16 wisdom & wit from Denis Diderot
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. 103 thoughts from Friedrich Nietzsche
Alas! they had been friends in youth but whispering tongues can poison truth. 24 wisdom & wit from Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. 29 more quotes from Pablo Picasso
Humility is truth. 15 quotes from Desiderius Erasmus
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination. 19 quotes from John Keats
I believe in God, family, truth between people, the power of love. 5 views from Michael Landon
If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. 24 views from Adlai E. Stevenson
If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme. 29 views from Pablo Picasso
Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does. 8 quotes from Helen Hayes
Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. 15 more quotes from Desiderius Erasmus
Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. 16 quotes from Wallace Stevens
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. 16 thoughts from Denis Diderot
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. 6 wisdom & wit from William Temple
The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. 9 more quotes from Niels Bohr
The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. 6 more thoughts from Sarah Bernhardt
To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. 8 wisdom & wit from Frank Herbert
To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death. 2 other wisdom & wit from Peter Tosh
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. 15 thoughts from William Penn
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand. 29 other sayings from Pablo Picasso
What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty. 4 wisdom & wit from Shinichi Suzuki
What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth. 19 thoughts from John Keats
It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans. 29 more quotes from Friedrich Schiller
Let us be a little humble let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us. 11 thoughts from Jawaharlal Nehru
Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show. 5 thoughts from Vivien Leigh
The color of truth is gray. 22 more quotes from Andre Gide
The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. 3 quotes from Lewis Thomas
There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth. 4 quotes from Marie Curie
They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed. 12 quotes from William Cowper
This is my truth, tell me yours. 11 more quotes from Aneurin Bevan
Too much truth is uncouth. 8 more sayings from Franklin P. Adams
Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent. 25 thoughts from Will Durant
Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through. 52 sayings from George Eliot
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. 32 other wisdom & wit from William Blake
When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry. 14 views from Muhammad Iqbal
A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. 8 quotes from William Shenstone
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. 74 more wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth. 57 quotes from Will Rogers
A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. 52 other wisdom & wit from Albert Camus
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. 32 wisdom & wit from William Blake
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. 11 quotes from Bruce Lee
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. 98 views from Mark Twain
How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. 52 more sayings from Albert Camus
I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom. 78 views from Voltaire
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics. 57 quotes from Will Rogers
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. 98 thoughts from Mark Twain
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. 74 other views from Winston Churchill
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. 98 quotes from Mark Twain
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. 74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. 74 other quotes from Winston Churchill
Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music. 22 quotes from Jimi Hendrix
Peace if possible, truth at all costs. 32 sayings from Martin Luther
Reason is the natural order of truth but imagination is the organ of meaning. 25 quotes from C. S. Lewis
Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. 78 more quotes from Voltaire
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. 52 quotes from Albert Camus
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. 74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill
The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy. 39 other views from Robert Louis Stevenson
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth. 78 more wisdom & wit from Voltaire
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so. 98 other quotes from Mark Twain
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities Truth isn't. 98 more quotes from Mark Twain
Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it. 98 thoughts from Mark Twain
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. 52 views from Albert Camus
We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. 74 other views from Winston Churchill
When in doubt tell the truth. 98 more quotes from Mark Twain
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. 98 more quotes from Mark Twain
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. 22 views from Andre Gide
Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know. 10 thoughts from Louisa May Alcott
Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. 52 other sayings from George Eliot
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. 2 quotes from Martha Gellhorn
I say that justice is truth in action. 75 more wisdom & wit from Benjamin Disraeli
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. 75 quotes from Benjamin Disraeli
Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. 26 views from Emily Dickinson
A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth. 14 more sayings from Joseph Conrad
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. 8 views from Stephen Leacock
All truth is not to be told at all times. 68 other quotes from Samuel Butler
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. 68 sayings from Samuel Butler
As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth. 7 more quotes from John Greenleaf Whittier
Be truthful, nature only sides with truth. 4 more thoughts from Adolf Loos
Exactitude is not truth. 7 other views from Henri Matisse
For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine. 68 other sayings from Samuel Butler
If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? 58 other quotes from Thomas Carlyle
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. 21 other quotes from Jane Austen
Justice is truth in action. 75 other views from Benjamin Disraeli
Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. 14 views from James Thurber
Nothing that was worthy in the past departs no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die. 58 other wisdom & wit from Thomas Carlyle
Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth. 5 more views from Albert Pike
Silence is the mother of truth. 75 quotes from Benjamin Disraeli
Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. 68 sayings from Samuel Butler
Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. 75 quotes from Benjamin Disraeli
Tell the truth, but tell it slant. 26 quotes from Emily Dickinson
The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 68 sayings from Samuel Butler
The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it. 46 more thoughts from George Santayana
The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. 23 sayings from Henry Miller
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. 46 thoughts from George Santayana
There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth. 68 other wisdom & wit from Samuel Butler
There is no truth. There is only perception. 30 thoughts from Gustave Flaubert
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time. 75 wisdom & wit from Benjamin Disraeli
What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it? 23 other quotes from Henry Miller
What is earnest is not always true on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth. 75 thoughts from Benjamin Disraeli
It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. 30 thoughts from Virginia Woolf
Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others. 30 other quotes from Charles Caleb Colton
Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth. 30 quotes from Virginia Woolf
One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions. 26 quotes from E. M. Forster
Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at? 36 more wisdom & wit from Lord Byron
Science is but an image of the truth. 67 quotes from Francis Bacon
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. 30 thoughts from Charles Caleb Colton
The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty. 21 sayings from Abu Bakr
The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it. 23 other thoughts from Paul Cezanne
The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity. 30 other quotes from Virginia Woolf
There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. 12 quotes from Daniel Webster
Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind. 2 views from Giordano Bruno
To tell the truth is revolutionary. 2 sayings from Antonio Gramsci
Truth comes out in wine. 5 more quotes from Pliny the Elder
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. 67 thoughts from Francis Bacon
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy. 10 views from Tertullian
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always. 15 quotes from Albert Schweitzer
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. 67 quotes from Francis Bacon
Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction. 36 wisdom & wit from Lord Byron
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay falsehood by haste and uncertainty. 6 wisdom & wit from Tacitus
Truth is exact correspondence with reality. 3 sayings from Paramahansa Yogananda
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. 67 more quotes from Francis Bacon
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. 67 views from Francis Bacon
Truth is what works. 40 other views from William James
We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. 40 other sayings from William James
What is truth? said jesting Pilate and would not stay for an answer. 67 wisdom & wit from Francis Bacon
Without the way, there is no going without the truth, there is no knowing without the life, there is no living. 12 other wisdom & wit from Thomas a Kempis
Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. 30 more quotes from Virginia Woolf
Adversity is the first path to truth. 36 wisdom & wit from Lord Byron
But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. 16 other wisdom & wit from Alan Watts
Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. 56 quotes from Khalil Gibran
Half a truth is often a great lie. 96 more sayings from Benjamin Franklin
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me. 12 quotes from Simone de Beauvoir
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. 30 other quotes from Virginia Woolf
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial. 19 other views from Edgar Allan Poe
Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth. 56 quotes from Khalil Gibran
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand. 56 quotes from Khalil Gibran
Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert. 56 quotes from Khalil Gibran
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' 56 sayings from Khalil Gibran
The first reaction to truth is hatred. 10 views from Tertullian
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it. 24 quotes from Franklin D. Roosevelt
To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me. 5 other views from Isaac Newton
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true. 9 other quotes from Swami Vivekananda
Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness. 56 more thoughts from Khalil Gibran
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. 19 quotes from Elvis Presley
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. 56 other views from Khalil Gibran
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. 56 sayings from Khalil Gibran
Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards. 7 sayings from Lewis Carroll
Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. 29 other views from W. Somerset Maugham
Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself. 12 more quotes from Simone de Beauvoir
For truth is always strange stranger than fiction. 36 quotes from Lord Byron
He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers. 4 other wisdom & wit from Charles Peguy
I want to be distinguished from the rest to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. 15 quotes from Moliere
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. 29 more quotes from Arthur Schopenhauer
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered the point is to discover them. 7 thoughts from Galileo Galilei
It is my feeling that Time ripens all things with Time all things are revealed Time is the father of truth. 13 wisdom & wit from Francois Rabelais
Light is the symbol of truth. 24 more quotes from James Russell Lowell
Tell the children the truth. 11 other wisdom & wit from Bob Marley
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. 24 more quotes from Ayn Rand
The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now. 6 sayings from Lana Turner
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.' 47 wisdom & wit from Abraham Lincoln
Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning. 21 more thoughts from Anais Nin
Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light. 30 wisdom & wit from George Washington
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous. 9 wisdom & wit from Alfred Adler
Architecture is the reaching out for the truth. 3 views from Louis Kahn
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. 45 wisdom & wit from John Ruskin
But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. 31 more thoughts from Thomas Paine
Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. 24 quotes from James Russell Lowell
God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred. 7 other quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older. 32 other quotes from Michel de Montaigne
I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. 3 quotes from Adlai Stevenson
It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own. 3 more wisdom & wit from James Otis
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. 26 sayings from Charles Dickens
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. 31 other wisdom & wit from Thomas Paine
It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. 45 other quotes from John Ruskin
Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. 13 quotes from Ansel Adams
Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive. 5 quotes from Edna St. Vincent Millay
Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side. 24 other views from James Russell Lowell
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God. 10 wisdom & wit from Ramakrishna
Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth. 3 sayings from Jules Verne
Tell the truth and shame the devil. 13 quotes from Francois Rabelais
Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it? 2 more quotes from Anthony Hope
The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it. 24 wisdom & wit from James Russell Lowell
The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. 25 views from Simone Weil
The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong. 7 thoughts from Jeremy Bentham
The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth. 10 quotes from Charles Lamb
The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth. 9 quotes from Alfred Adler
The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth. 10 quotes from Ramakrishna
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. 26 other views from Charles Dickens
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact. 8 more sayings from Charles Darwin
To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful. 73 quotes from Victor Hugo
Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. 24 sayings from James Russell Lowell
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. 24 more quotes from James Russell Lowell