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Truth Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Woe to the suicides! I believe that there can be none more miserable than they. Oh, there are some who remain proud and fierce even…
- A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he…
- In a morbid condition of the brain, dreams often have a singular actuality, vividness, and extraordinary semblance of reality. At times monstrous images are created,…
- If you love all things, you will also attain the divine mystery that is in all things. For then your ability to perceive the truth…
- Of course I shall go astray often...for who does not make mistakes? But I cannot go far wrong for I have seen the truth.
- Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally he is ready to deny the…
- Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot…
- Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
- Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end, giving them peace and rest…
- But it is possible, it is possible: the old grief, by a great mystery of human life, gradually passes into quiet, tender joy; instead of…
- Lying is a delightful thing for it leads to the truth.
- If someone proved to me that Christ is outside the truth, and that in reality the truth were outside of Christ, then I should prefer…
- Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense,…
- But man is so addicted to systems and to abstract conclusions that he is prepared deliberately to distort the truth, to close his eyes and…
- Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
- It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth!
- Through error you come to the truth! I am a man because I err! You never reach any truth without making fourteen mistakes and very…
- Everything passes, only truth remains.
- My friend, the truth is always implausible, did you know that? To make the truth more plausible, it's absolutely necessary to mix a bit of…
- I did not understand that she was hiding her feelings under irony, that this is usually the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when…
- People really do like seeing their best friends humiliated; a large part of the friendship is based on humiliation; and that is an old truth,well…
- the most offensive is not their lying—one can always forgive lying—lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth—what is offensive is that they…
- they may all be drunk at my place, but they're all honest, and though we do lie-because I lie, too-in the end we'll lie our…
- If the people around you are spiteful and callous and will not hear you, fall down before them and beg their forgiveness; for in truth…
- They tease me now, telling me it was only a dream. But does it matter whether it was a dream or reality, if the dream…
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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