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Truth Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll
- Blasphemy is what an old dogma screams at a new truth.
- Do you not know that every religion in the world has declared every other religion a fraud? Yes, we all know it. That is the…
- Whenever a man believes that he has the exact truth from God, there is in that man no spirit of compromise. He has not the…
- The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.
- It is like most other ancient books - a mingling of falsehood and truth, of philosophy and folly - all written by men, and most…
- I know of no crime that has not been defended by the church, in one form or other. The church is not a pioneer; it…
- I believe that there is something far nobler than loyalty to any particular man. Loyalty to the truth as we perceive it - loyalty to…
- The man who finds a truth lights a torch.
- In a world of cruelty, sympathy is a crime, and in a world of lies, truth is blasphemy.
- Christianity has such a contemptible opinion of human nature that it does not believe a man can tell the truth unless frightened by a belief…
- Truth is the mother of joy. Truth civilizes, ennobles and purifies. The grandest ambition that can enter the soul is to know the truth.
- Sacred are the lips from which has issued only truth.
- All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the…
- A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe,…
- No one, in the world's whole history, ever attempted to substantiate a truth by a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of miracle. Nothing but falsehood…
- Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He knows that every…
- Nothing but truth is immortal.
- The real searcher after truth will not receive the old because it is old, or reject the new because it is new. He will not…
- The truth shall make you free, but first it shall make you angry.
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
- 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