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Truth Quotes by Edward Abbey
- The world is older and bigger than we are. This is a hard truth for some folks to swallow.
- Truth is always the enemy of power. And power the enemy of truth.
- In writing, fidelity to fact leads eventually to the poetry of truth.
- The writer concerned more with technique than truth becomes a technician, not an artist.
- The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you; the public will…
- It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will?
- Why do I write? I write to entertain my friends and to exasperate our enemies. To unfold the folded lie, to record to truth of…
- What is truth? I don't know and I'm sorry I brought it up.
- Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.
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
- 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