Body Quote by Laurence Sterne

If you are often deceived by those around you, you may be sure that you deserve to be deceived; and that instead of railing…

— Arthur Helps

There are some disguised falsehoods so like truths, that 'twould be to judge ill not to be deceived by them.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong.

— David Halberstam

The truth, indeed, is something that mankind, for some mysterious reason, instinctively dislikes. Every man who tries to tell it is unpopular, and even…

— H. L. Mencken

I believe in saying the truth, coming out with it cold, shocking if necessary, not disguising it.

— Henry Miller

For a long time I have not said what I believed, nor do I ever believe what I say, and if indeed sometimes I…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“If human nature were not base, but thoroughly honourable, we should in every debate have no other aim than the discovery of truth; we…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor…

— Anonymous

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to…

— Frederick Douglass

“Don't allow distortions of the truth to become your reality.  In the face of doubt or unbelief, seek impartial council and understand that TRUTH…

— Lorna Jackie Wilson

When one judges someone harshly one prevents itself from knowing the truth you dont know what the person tinks of you you think they…

— Anonymous

“Sophisticated people seem to think that "the truth" must always be dark, disappointing, disillusioning. But this is not so at all. Most of the…

— Orson Scott Card