Truth Quotes

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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes… — Hannah Arendt
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
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… — Pietro Aretino
If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed the documents to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle
Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. — Matthew Arnold
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. — Mary Kay Ash
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. — Isaac Asimov
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail. — Mary Astell
The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons;… — Mary Astell
Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an… — Mary Astell
My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So,… — Lee Atwater
Fiction is not necessarily about what you know, it's about how you feel. That is the truth about fiction, and the other truth is that… — Margaret Atwood
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. — Saint Augustine
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. — Marcus Aurelius
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. — Marcus Aurelius

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