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Truth Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- The eye which can appreciate the naked and absolute beauty of a scientific truth is far more rare than that which is attracted by a…
- Between whom there is hearty truth there is love....
- While my friend was my friend, he flattered me, and I never heard the truth from him. When he became my enemy, he shot it…
- Even the facts of science may dust the mind by their dryness, unless they are ... rendered fertile by the dews of fresh and living…
- Men are probably nearer the essential truth in their superstitions than in their science.
- Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them - that it was a vain endeavor?
- Truth is always paradoxical.
- True, there are architects so called in this country, and I have heard of one at least possessed with the idea of making architectural ornaments…
- I fear chiefly lest my expression may not be extravagant enough, may not wander far enough beyond the narrow limit of my daily experience, so…
- Let us not underrate the value of a fact; it will one day flower into a truth.
- I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the…
- I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went…
- The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement.
- The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.
- As a snow-drift is formed where there is a lull in the wind, so, one would say, where there is a lull of truth, an…
- In all perception of the truth there is a divine ecstasy, an inexpressible delirium of joy, as when a youth embraces his betrothed virgin.
- The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.
- The poet will write for his peers alone. He will remember only that he saw truth and beauty from his position, and expect the time…
- Between whom there is hearty truth, there is love; and in proportion to our truthfulness and confidence in one another, our lives are divine and…
- All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.
- Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.
- Where there is a lull in truth an institution springs up.
- As the least drop of wine tinges the whole goblet, so the least particle of truth colors our whole life.
- I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
- We have heard much about the poetry of mathematics, but very little of it has as yet been sung. The ancients had a juster notion…
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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