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Truth Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them.
- Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.
- Every truth passes through 3 stages before it is recognized 1)ridicule 2) opposition 3) accepted as self-evident.
- First the truth is ridiculed. Then it meets outrage. Then it is said to have been obvious all along.
- To truth only a brief celebration of victory is allowed between the two long periods during which it is condemned as paradoxical, or disparaged as…
- In truth the most striking figure for the relation of the two is that of the strong blind man carrying the sighted lame man on…
- The truth can wait, for it lives a long life.
- If people insist that honor is dearer than life itself, what they really mean is that existence and well-being are as nothing compared with other…
- Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes; this is partly because it…
- There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake. ... The…
- As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast…
- All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
- The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of…
- Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
- It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands.…
- To free a man from error is to give, not to take away. Knowledge that a thing is false is a truth. Error always does…
- Truth is no harlot who throws her arms round the neck of him who does not desire her; on the contrary, she is so coy…
- Truth is most beautiful undraped.
- Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.
- Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third…
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- 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
- 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