Sunday, 17 March 2019

Truth - Quotes

There is no truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world. - Thomas Jefferson

There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it. - William James

There is often more truth in the censure of enemies than in the flattery of friends. - Norman MacDonald

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 neighbour figured out, there really is no bottom to what is not known. The truth about us is endless. As are the lies. - Philip Roth

There is Truth to be found out there, but the search is best done through doubt rather than conviction. - Unknown

There's many a true word spoken in jest. - James Joyce

They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it. - Confucius

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

Thorough truthfulness – truthfulness to others and to ourselves – is a rare virtue; and he who indeed acts upon it is the noblest of all heroes. - E. H.Chapin

Those only who can bear the truth will hear it. - Arthur Helps

Those who pursue the stream of Truth to its sources have much climbing to do, much fatigue to encounter, but they see great sights. - Eliza Cook

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. - Frank Herbert

To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth. - Ludwig Wittgenstein

To speak the truth is easy and pleasant. - Mikhail Bulgakov

To take thought, to take truth, and translate them into life – that is the hard, hard battle. - Rueben Thomas

Too much truth is uncouth. - Franklin P. Adams

Truth ... is a hard apple, whether one is throwing it or catching it. - Donald Barthelme

Truth ... is the sovereign good of human nature. - Francis Bacon

Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time. - Mahatma Gandhi

Truth and justice are not always wholly compatible. - Brother Cadfael

Truth brings closure. - Gil Grissom

Truth can strike down the spectre of fear. - Unknown

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