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Truthful Quotes by Mark Twain
- The history of our race, and each individual’s experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a…
- A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.
- Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.
- Homely truth is unpalatable.
- I have too much respect for the truth to drag it out on every trifling occasion.
- There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.
- You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.…
- If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!
- Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
- A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on.
- All generalizations are false, including this one.
- Humor is the good natured side of a truth.
- Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.
- The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities,…
- I have not professionally dealt in truth. Many when they come to die have spent all the truth that was in them, and enter the…
- No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.
- Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar…
- We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after the Truth. I have never seen a (permanent) specimen. I think he has never…
- I don't mind what the opposition say of me so long as they don't tell the truth about me. But when they descend to telling…
- All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out.
- Truth is stranger than fiction-to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it.
- Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.
- When in doubt, tell the truth. That maxim I did invent, but never expected it to be applied to me. I did say, "When you…
- My own luck has been curious all my literary life; I never could tell a lie that anyone would doubt, nor a truth that anybody…
- There have been innumerable Temporary Seekers after the Truth-have you ever heard of a permanent one?
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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