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Truth Quotes by Allan Bloom
- There is a perennial and unobtrusive view that morality consists in such things as telling the truth, paying one's debts, respecting one's parents and doing…
- There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is…
- The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contraditory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek the truth, of…
- Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment.
- The real community of man is the community of those who seek the truth, of the potential knowers.
More Truth Quotes
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — 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… — 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… — 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