Being True Quotes

896 Being True quotes by 718 unique authors

If it's true what is said, that only the wise discover the wise, then it must also be true that the lone wolf symbolizes either… — Criss Jami
When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding… — Criss Jami
It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody… — Criss Jami
The doctrine of equality! ... But there is no more venomous poison in existence: for it appears to be preached by justice itself, when it… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I'm pretty much fixated on certain themes. Family, but it's family of choice as much as family of blood. Individuality, yes, but not at the… — Charles de Lint
In truth , mankind cannot be saved from without, by schoolmasters or any other sort of masters: it can only be lamed and enslaved by… — George Bernard Shaw
The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot be… — James Anthony Froude
If all stories are fiction, fiction can be true -- not in detail or fact, but in some transformed version of feeling. If there is… — Jayne Anne Phillips
If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you. — Ben Jonson
[Hemingway] always used to bawl me out for including so much topical stuff. He always claimed that was a great mistake, that in fifty years… — John Dos Passos
Some philosophers fail to distinguish propositions from judgements; ... But in the real world it is more important that a proposition be interesting than that… — Alfred North Whitehead
To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others. — Jimmy Carter
Of the things I know to be true in life, right at the top of the list of irrefutable truths is, "No one ever listens… — Merrill Markoe
With a lot of what we take to be true feelings, especially on pop records, we feel them because they're cleverly crafted. And because the… — David Byrne
It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes… — Neil Gaiman
Everyone wants to belong, or be a part of something bigger than themselves, but it's important to follow your heart and be true to yourself… — Emily Giffin
Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is? — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I've relayed to popular audiences turn out to be true. — Al Gore
There's always been that theory that if a candidate can't run a decent campaign, he probably can't run a decent presidency. That might be true,… — Gail Collins
Oh, I love to lie. That's one of my favorite things in the world, coming up to somebody, especially press people, and telling them some… — Alice Cooper
All stereotypes turn out to be true. This is a horrifying thing about life. All those things you fought against as a youth: you begin… — David Cronenberg
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. — Demosthenes
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur… — Frederick Douglass
Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit. — Rita Dove

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