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Truth Quotes by George Eliot
- Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be;…
- For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of past and present realities - a willing movement of a man's soul…
- The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.
- It is the way with half the truth amidst which we live, that it only haunts us and makes dull pulsations that are never born…
- The very truth hath a colour from the disposition of the utterer.
- Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this,…
- Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be.…
- Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.
- Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.
- It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine about them…
- People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are.
- Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.
- If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise the whole animal world into dignity, leaving man as far…
- It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of some strong unquestioning emotion, to suspect itself, and doubt the…
- Here was a man who now for the first time found himself looking into the eyes of death--who was passing through one of those rare…
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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