"There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth."

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, British Novelist

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"Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

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"A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Truth, Power, Thought, Symbol, Character

"Of course I do not regret the Bond days, I regret that sadly heroes in general are depicted with guns in their hands, and to tell the truth I have always hated guns and what they represent."

Roger Moore, English Actor

Truth, Heroes, Regret

"Young people are caught up in whatever appears to be the most bizarre. They look for truth and settle for folly. False religions and the occult are clever in reaching seekers who want to experience a rush of any kind."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"The living souls have the breath of life."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Truth, Living, Breath, Life, Existence

"I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some truth and she's also following an external mystery where she comes to think she might be the killer."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

Truth, Mystery, Past

"On their deathbed men will speak true, they say."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Truth, Death, Life, End

"What is the nature of the border between truth and lies? It is permeable and blurred because it is planted thick with rumour, confabulation, misunderstandings and twisted tales. Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door."

Hilary Mantel, British Novelist

Truth, Lies, Perception, Reality

"Truth as such is not a particularly important concept in naturalistic philosophy."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

Truth, Philosophy

"In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled."

Paul Eldridge, American Educator

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"Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are."

"A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss."

"Of course I do not regret the Bond days, I regret that sadly heroes in general are depicted with guns in their hands, and to tell the truth I have always hated guns and what they represent."

"Young people are caught up in whatever appears to be the most bizarre. They look for truth and settle for folly. False religions and the occult are clever in reaching seekers who want to experience a rush of any kind."

"The living souls have the breath of life."

"I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some truth and she's also following an external mystery where she comes to think she might be the killer."

"On their deathbed men will speak true, they say."

"Truth as such is not a particularly important concept in naturalistic philosophy."

"In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled."

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"Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword."

"A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool."

"Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets."

"There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes."

"No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies."

"Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius."

"What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone."

"When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching."

"Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best."

"Two lives that once part are as ships that divide."