Truth Quotes

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I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction. — Georges Bataille
The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth. — Pierre Bayle
Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among… — Bob Beauprez
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me. — Simone de Beauvoir
Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself. — Simone de Beauvoir
Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse… — Simone de Beauvoir
People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always… — Glenn Beck
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. — Joseph Addison
No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth. — Martha Beck
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. — Joseph Addison
The most powerful element in advertising is the truth. — William Bernbach
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to… — Henry Ward Beecher
The novels I love, the ones I remember, the ones I re-read, have an empathetic human quality, or 'emotional truth'. This quality is difficult to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Both need each other: The agnostic cannot be content to not know, but must be in search of the great truth of faith; the Catholic… — Pope Benedict XVI
How much we need, in the church and in society, witnesses of the beauty of holiness, witnesses of the splendour of truth, witnesses of the… — Pope Benedict XVI
The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. — Walter Benjamin
There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours.… — Arnold Bennett
To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held… — Arnold Bennett
Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth. — Warren G. Bennis
It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries,… — Ezra Taft Benson

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