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Truth Quotes by Umberto Eco
- The Devil is not the Prince of Matter; the Devil is the arrogance of the spirit, faith without smile, truth that is never seized by…
- The truth is a young maiden as modest as she is beautiful, and therefore she is always seen cloaked.
- The truth is an anagram of an anagram.
- I was the type who looked at discussions of What Is Truth only with a view toward correcting the manuscript. If you were to quote…
- I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to…
- Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies…
- Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at…
- True learning must not be content with ideas, which are, in fact, signs, but must discover things in their individual truth.
- Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges.
- Not bad, not bad at all," Diotallevi said. "To arrive at the truth through the painstaking reconstruction of a false text.
- Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie. If something cannot be used to tell a lie,…
- After so many years even the fire of passion dies, and with it what was believed the light of the truth. Who of us is…
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