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Truth Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm.
- Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm.
- However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
- Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
- Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
- Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to…
- Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.
- For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.
- Our enemies' opinion of us comes closer to the truth than our own.
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- 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