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Truth Quotes by Martin Luther
- Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a begging.
- No one would be happier than Luther to be commended by the testimony of the time that he had been neither slack nor deceitful in maintaining the…
- There is no wisdom save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. Only a little of the first fruits of wisdom, only…
- The Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and one finds something…
- In truth you cannot read too much in Scripture; and what you read you cannot read too carefully, and what you read carefully you cannot…
- I am persuaded that without knowledge of literature pure theology cannot at all endure. . . . When letters have declined and lain prostrate, theology,…
- I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other,…
- Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
- If I profess with loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except that little point which the world and the…
- The truth of the matter is rather as Christ says, "He who is not with me is against me." ... He does not say "He…
- And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through…
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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