Travesty of the truth [on reports he thinks people can't rise above their station]
Prince CharlesA writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we callwhat he writes fiction.
William FaulknerA maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Sound maxims are the germs of good; strongly imprinted in the memory, they nourish the will.
Joseph JoubertIt is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth. (An Essay concerning Human Understanding.)
John LockeBeauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it.
Gustave CourbetError is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected
John LockeJustice is truth in action.
Benjamin DisraeliA liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
AesopFor truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
Samuel Butler'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' —that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
John KeatsIt is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
Henry L MenckenTechnology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary: The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true.
Niels BohrSometimes I even ask myself if all this has really happened, if its pictures dwell in truth in my memory, and not merely in my imagination.
Jules VerneChase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
Clarence DarrowTruth forever on the scaffold. Wrong forever on the throne
James Russell LowellAny person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity
David HumeMany people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
Edgar Watson HoweAmericans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field.
James BaldwinThe truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, for the truth.
Alfred AdlerIt was a fair swop rather than a fair cop, if truth be told.
Stan Stevens'Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.'
Michael JacksonA good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
Gilbert Keith ChestertonAt every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people.
Howard DeanDeath is delightful. Death is dawn,
The waking from a weary night
Of fevers unto truth and light.
Joaquin MillerMankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols - it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them.
William HazlittThere are many great truths which we do not deny, and which nevertheless we do not fully believe.
Joshua Willis AlexanderWhat a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, feeble earthworm, depository of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error, the glory and the shame of the universe.
Blaise PascalLawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse.
Dorothy L SayersHalf a truth is often a great lie.
Benjamin FranklinIt seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.
Brooks AtkinsonIt is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamour raised by heated partisans.
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
Pearl BuckMyths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
Ansel Adams I believe that there is a devil. Those who disagree with me in this may translate my language. All I ask is that they admit the vital truth on which I insist.
Anthony ComstockChampagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.
Graham GreeneWe know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.
Blaise PascalPeace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
Thomas MertonI can prove anything by statistics except the truth.
George CanningDo I say 'No, my client isn't gay' when I know that he is? Of course. Does telling the truth mater? If it's showbiz... rock 'n' roll... then absolutely not. Did Freddie Starr actually eat a hamster? No, he didn't.
Max CliffordDoubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way.
Hosea BallouLet us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge.
Bill CosbySilence is the mother of truth.
Benjamin DisraeliIn plain truth, it is not want, but rather abundance, that creates avarice
MontaigneA lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.
Robert KiyosakiI do not see the motivation to lie, it is a known fact that truth can be more interesting than the strangest of fictions.
James HallTruth, like a torch, the more it's shook it shines. (Discussions on Philosophy)
Sir William HamiltonTruth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one
Konrad LorenzThe reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
Jim RohnOnly the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.
Margaret FullerThe greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.
Julius Charles Hare
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