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title: "24 Better Truth Quotes by 23 authors"
description: "Browse 24 Better Truth quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best Better Truth sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Fiction is better than Truth”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-verma/fiction-is-better-than-truth/)

[Krishna Verma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-verma/)

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> [Sometimes Lies Are Better Than The Truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohamad-idrus/sometimes-lies-are-better-than-the-truth/)

[Mohamad Idrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohamad-idrus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/mohamad-idrus-13953_better_sometimes-lies-are-better-than-the-truth_2952467.jpg)

> [“Real is better, The truth is better. Painful but better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cath-crowley/real-is-better-the-truth-is-better-painful-but-better/)

[Cath Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cath-crowley/)

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> [çometimes , silence is better than the truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-knight/ometimes-silence-is-better-than-the-truth/)

[Kevin Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-knight/)

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> [“The right sort of lie, I found, could serve better than the truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mcomber/the-right-sort-of-lie-i-found-could-serve-better-than-the-truth/)

[Adam McOmber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mcomber/)

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> [“Falsehood of a good man is better than truth of a bad one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raheel-farooq/falsehood-of-a-good-man-is-better-than-truth-of-a-bad-one/)

[Raheel Farooq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raheel-farooq/)

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> [Don't lie to me to feel me better,, the truth is much much better,,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-lie-to-me-to-feel-me-better-the-truth-is-much-much-better/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I'm better off alone...Truth is this was never meant to last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-better-off-alone-truth-is-this-was-never-meant-to-last/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I do not believe in the Cinema verite. Sometimes a really good lie is better than any truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-do-not-believe-in-the-cinema-verite-sometimes-a-really-good-lie-is/)

[Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aee/werner-herzog-964_believe_i-do-not-believe-in-the-cinema-verite-so_3153236.jpg)

> [“Experience has taught me that an expected answer is often better than the truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/experience-has-taught-me-that-an-expected-answer-is-often-better-than/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

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> [We often pray to be better, when in truth we only want to feel better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mignon-mclaughlin/we-often-pray-to-be-better-when-in-truth-we-only-want-to-feel-better/)

[Mignon McLaughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mignon-mclaughlin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/mignon-mclaughlin-742_feel-better_we-often-pray-to-be-better-when-in-truth_279751.png)

> [“A careful fake is better than the truth. The truth lacks realism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-m-koster/a-careful-fake-is-better-than-the-truth-the-truth-lacks-realism/)

[R.M. Koster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-m-koster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/r-m-koster-270916_truth_a-careful-fake-is-better-than-the-truth_1170535.jpg)

> [Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-emerson-fosdick/falsehood-is-never-better-than-truth-theft-better-than-honesty/)

[Harry Emerson Fosdick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-emerson-fosdick/)

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> [It is better the truth should come little by little. I have learned that, being a priest. Perhaps, in the old days,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-vincent-benet/it-is-better-the-truth-should-come-little-by-little-i-have-learned/)

[Stephen Vincent Benet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-vincent-benet/)

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> [I havent really heard any rumors about me, but I keep encouraging people to please make some up. They are always so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-stone/i-havent-really-heard-any-rumors-about-me-but-i-keep-encouraging/)

[Emma Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-stone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/emma-stone-1673_truth_i-havent-really-heard-any-rumors-about-m_1594168.jpg)

> [“Ray Dalio, explains: “My most important principle is that getting at the truth… is essential for getting better. We get at truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laszlo-bock/ray-dalio-explains-my-most-important-principle-is-that-getting-at-the/)

[Laszlo Bock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laszlo-bock/)

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> [When all is said and done, how do we know but that our own unreason may be better than another's truth? for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-butler-yeats/when-all-is-said-and-done-how-do-we-know-but-that-our-own-unreason/)

[William Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-butler-yeats/)

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> [A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-francis-de-sales/a-judicious-silence-is-always-better-than-truth-spoken-without-charity/)

[Saint Francis de Sales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-francis-de-sales/)

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> [It is better that the truth be known than that scandal be covered up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/it-is-better-that-the-truth-be-known-than-that-scandal-be-covered-up/)

[Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/)

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> [Which is better, truth that is a lie or the lie that is truth?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/which-is-better-truth-that-is-a-lie-or-the-lie-that-is-truth/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/elie-wiesel-341_better_which-is-better-truth-that-is-a-lie-or-t_681414.png)

> [I have to conclude that fiction is better at 'the truth' than a factual record,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/i-have-to-conclude-that-fiction-is-better-at-the-truth-than-a-factual/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

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> [We should stop kidding ourselves. We should let go of things that aren't true. It's always better with the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-buckminster-fuller/we-should-stop-kidding-ourselves-we-should-let-go-of-things-that-aren/)

[R. Buckminster Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-buckminster-fuller/)

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> [Lies can make you feel better, but the truth can make you realize that you deserve better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-parker/lies-can-make-you-feel-better-but-the-truth-can-make-you-realize-that/)

[Sonya Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-parker/)

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> [“Lies aren't answers." "But they sound so much better than the truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-christo/lies-aren-t-answers-but-they-sound-so-much-better-than-the-truth/)

[Alexandra Christo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-christo/)

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