"Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water."

Truth, Falsehood, Oil, Water

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"Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water."

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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

"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

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

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Truth, Death, Life, End

"She said we all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Truth, Knowledge, Denial, Reality

"The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free."

Barbara Boxer, American Politician

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"A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory."

Karl Schlegel, German Philosopher

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"'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.'"

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Truth, Forget

"Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember."

David Mamet, American Dramatist

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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."

"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."

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

"She said we all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable."

"The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free."

"A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory."

"'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.'"

"Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember."

Explore more quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

"Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches."

"Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water."

"Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched."

"The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part."

"One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this."

"From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment."

"Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn."

"Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience."

"God bears with the wicked, but not forever."

"Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice."