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Truth Quotes by Blaise Pascal
- No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the…
- We make an idol of truth itself, for truth apart from charity is not God, but his image and an idol that we must not…
- The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart." - Blaise…
- What a chimaera then is man, what a novelty, what a monster, what chaos, what a subject of contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all…
- When a natural discourse paints a passion or an effect, one feels within oneself the truth of what one reads, which was there before, although…
- ...for the truth is always older than all the opinions men have held regarding it; and one should be ignoring the nature of truth if…
- Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.
- Imagination is the deceptive part in man, the mistress of error and falsehood.
- We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.
- Nothing gives us rest but the sincere search for truth
- The power of man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doings.
- Truth is so obscured nowadays and lies so well established that unless we love the truth we may never recoganize it
- Truth is so obscured nowadays and lies so well established that unless we love the truth we shall never recognize it.
- It is a strange and long war, the war that violence is forever waging against truth. All the efforts of violence are powerless to weaken…
- Justice and truth are too suchsubtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately.
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- 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
- 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