Truth Quotes

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...they have never affirm'd any thing, concerning the Cause, till the Trial was past: whereas, to do it before, is a most venomous thing in… — Thomas Sprat
Error, never can be consistent, nor can truth fail of having support from the accurate examination of every circumstance. — James Hutton
We must trust to nothing but facts: These are presented to us by Nature, and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our… — Antoine Lavoisier
In truth, ideas and principles are independent of men; the application of them and their illustration is man's duty and merit. The time will come… — Edward Forbes
Ordinarily logic is divided into the examination of ideas, judgments, arguments, and methods. The two latter are generally reduced to judgments, that is, arguments are… — Andre-Marie Ampere
We may fondly imagine that we are impartial seekers after truth, but with a few exceptions, to which I know that I do not belong,… — August Krogh
Meditation is that exercise of the mind by which it recalls a known truth,-as some kinds of creatures do their food; to be ruminated upon. — Thomas Hartwell Horne
If one cannot invent a really convincing lie, it is often better to stick to the truth. — Angela Thirkell
Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world. — Polykarp Kusch
Most jokes state a bitter truth. — Larry Gelbart
Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that. — Nathan Lane
Don't go for happiness, go for truth! — Charles Tart
I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing… — Peter Medawar
I never said it was possible. I only said it was true. — Charles Richet
Truth is simple, requiring neither study nor art. — Ammianus Marcellinus
There are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope, not on fear; on honesty, not on falsehood; on… — Edmund Ezra Day
The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — Epictetus
It takes two seconds to tell the truth and it costs nothing. A lie takes time and it costs everything. — Randi Rhodes
The fact about himself that the liar hides is that he is attempting to lead us away from a correct apprehension of reality; we are… — Harry Frankfurt
Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies. — Nawal El Saadawi

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