Quote by Augustine of Hippo

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

— Saint Augustine

“True words are not always pretty and pretty words are not always true.”

— Anonymous

“Throughout the narrative you will find many statements that are obviously nonsensical and quite at variance with common sense. For the most part these…

— Robert Gilmore

“What is apparent is not always what is true.”

— Mark Helprin

“This writing doesn't affect reality any more than any writing does; that is to say, indirectly, but considerably.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“There is no such thing as a fixed and reliable truth (except for the statement that this is so, presumably”

— Peter Barry

Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips…

— Saint Augustine

“The fact that the truth is not liked, does not make it any less true.”

— Sam Houssami

“Strictly speaking, nothing that’s said is true. (Though one can be the truth, one can’t ever say it.)”

— Susan Sontag

“This sentence is not true”

— Douglas Adams

“The majority of important things cannot be said outright, they cannot be made explicit. They can only be implied.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Pretty words are not always true, true words are not always pretty; and yet, they are still true.”

— Aiki Flinthart