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Truth Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel
- Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
- Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
- True humility is contentment.
- An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.
- Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral…
- Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.
- Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.
- Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing only... truth.
- [I]t is truth alone-scientific, established, proved, and rational truth-which is capable of satisfying nowadays the awakened minds of all classes. We may still say perhaps,…
- What governs men is the fear of truth.
- Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of a…
- All we need is the truth in our hand. Someone to call a friend. Never fear the darkness. All we need is just the sun…
- A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
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- 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