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Truth Quotes


"Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor."


"In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact."


"And suddenly, like light in darkness, the real truth broke in upon me; the simple fact of Man, which I had forgotten, which had lain deep buried and out of sight; the idea of community, of unity."


"It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are."


"For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it."


"In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds."


"As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions."


"Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you."


"I have no intention of becoming a shorthand author."


"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 times instead of them."


"We don't have truth delivered to us very often, especially in this very commercialized world."



"A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous."


"When affection only speaks, truth is not always there."


"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version."


"The most powerful element in advertising is the truth."


"Notwithstanding this high Ecclesiastical authority, he who dared accept truth only because it could be proved, or proved to be good, and disregard authority, was commonly stigmatized as an infidel."


"The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth."


"Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one."


"Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things."


"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?"


"Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance."


"There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative."


"As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture."



"No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does."


"For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth."


"It is always good policy to tell the truth unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar."


"The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth."


"I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth."


"I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others."
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