Truth Quotes

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A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice. — Samuel Johnson
When I speak to you about myself, I am speaking to you about yourself. How is it you don't see that? — Victor Hugo
Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you… — Elbert Hubbard
There is ever a slight suspicion of the burlesque about earnest good men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature forever puts a premium on reality. What is done for effect is seen to be done for effect; what is done for love is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who wishes to teach us a truth should not tell it to us, but simply suggest it with a brief gesture, a gesture which… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
To be believed make the truth unbelievable. — Napoleon Bonaparte
It is not uncommon to charge the difference between promise and performance, between profession and reality, upon deep design and studied deceit; but the truth… — Samuel Johnson
Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a begging. — Martin Luther
As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth. — William Hazlitt
In the knowledge of truth, what really matters is the possession of it, not the impulse under which it was sought. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The first point of courtesy must always be truth. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In a different time, in a different place, it is always some other side of our common human nature that has been developing itself. The… — Thomas Carlyle
If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you. — Billy Wilder
Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions. — Tertullian
I believe that in the end the truth will conquer. — John Wycliffe
Oh, my bad ... I'm sorry for bothering you. I forgot I only exist when you need me for something. — Oliver Smith
The whites of the younger generation, in the colleges and universities, will see the handwriting on the wall and many of them will turn to… — Malcolm X
That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have… — Abraham Lincoln
Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them. To deny it, however, in… — Abraham Lincoln

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