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Truth Quotes by John Steinbeck
- You are not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and your life isn't of much importance. Most of…
- Niagara Falls is very nice. I'm very glad I saw it, because from now on if I am asked whether I have seen Niagara Falls…
- An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a…
- There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.
- Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
- There is more beauty in truth, even if it is a dreadful beauty. The storytellers at the city gate twist life so that it looks…
- It is possible, even probable, to be told a truth about a place, to accept it, to know it and at the same time not…
- I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of…
- Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow,…
- A man with a beard was always a little suspect anyway. You couldn't say you wore a beard because you liked a beard. People didn't…
More Truth Quotes
- 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