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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON TRUTH 2
The greater the truth the greater the libel.
Lord Ellenborough
Why abandon a belief merely because it ceases to be true? Cling to it long enough and... it will turn true again, for so it goes. Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
Robert Frost (1875-1963, American poet)
Love of truth shows itself in this, that a man knows how to find and value the good in everything.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist)
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955, German-born American physicist)
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955, German-born American physicist)
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955, German-born American physicist)
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955, German-born American physicist)
Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969, American President (34th))
You cannot weave truth on a loom of lies.
Suzette Haden Elgin
Truth has rough flavors if we bite it through.
George Eliot (1819-1880, British novelist)
All necessary truth is its own evidence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
Every mind has a choice between truth and repose. Take which you please you can never have both.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894, American author, wit, poet)
Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894, American author, wit, poet)
The greatest homage we can pay truth is to use it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.
Yumus Emre
A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
Epictetus (50-138, Phrygian philosopher)
The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Epictetus (50-138, Phrygian philosopher)
The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.
Eliza Farnham (1815-1864, American author and social reformist)
If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.
Bernard Le Bovier Fontenelle (1657-1757, Scientist, man of letter)
From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939, Austrian physician, founder of Psychoanalysis)
The truth simply is that's all. It doesn't need reasons: it doesn't have to be right: it's just the truth. Period.
Frederick (Carl) Frieseke (1874-1939, American-born French painter)
Men in earnest have no time to waste in patching fig leaves for the naked truth.
Max Fuller
Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661, British clergyman, author)
Seeing is believing, but feeling's the truth.
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661, British clergyman, author)
Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948, Indian political, spiritual leader)
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948, Indian political, spiritual leader)
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948, Indian political, spiritual leader)
There is no god higher than truth.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948, Indian political, spiritual leader)
Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948, Indian political, spiritual leader)
Funny how people despise platitudes, when they are usually the truest thing going. A thing has to be pretty true before it gets to be a platitude.
Katherine F. Gerould
Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth."
Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931, Lebanese poet, novelist)
Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
Andre Gide (1869-1951, French author)
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist)
Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist)
I don't want yes men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs.
Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974, American film producer, founder of MGM)
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974, American film producer, founder of MGM)
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
Nadine Gordimer (1923-, South African author)
It requires as much caution to tell the truth as to conceal it.
Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658, Spanish philosopher, writer)
What is, is; and what ain't, ain't
Joseph E. Granville
You ought to be true for the sake of the folks who think you are true. You never should stoop to a deed that your folks think you would not do. If you are false to yourself, be the blemish but small, you have injured your folks; you have been false to them all.
Edgar A. Guest
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826, American President (3rd))
What probably distorts everything in life is that one is convinced that one speaking the truth because one says what one thinks.
Sacha Guitry (1885-1957, Russian-born actor and playwright)
Truth is not determined by majority vote.
Doug Gwyn
True merit is like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
Edward F. Halifax (1881-1959, British conservative statesman)
Effective thinking consists of being able to arrive at the truth; truth being defined as that which exists.
Calvin S. Hall
Truth is like a torch; the more it is shook, it shines.
Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803, Scottish diplomat, antiquary)
The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire for office and does not gather votes. He does not attempt to charm the public, he offers nothing and promises nothing. He can offer, if anything, only his own skin -- and he offers it solely because he has no other way of affirming the truth he stands for. His actions simply articulate his dignity as a citizen, regardless of the cost.
Vaclav Havel (1936-, Czech playwright, president)
I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.
S. I. Hayakawa (1902-1992, Canadian born American senator, educator)
Remember: One lie does not cost you one truth but the truth.
Christian Freidrich Hebbel
Truth is a torch that shines through the fog without dispelling it.
Claude A. Helvetius (1715-1771, French philosopher)
I know now that there is no one thing that is true -- it is all true.
Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961, American writer)
There's no one thing that is true. They're all true.
Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961, American writer)
Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
Frank Herbert (1920-1986, American writer)
We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.
Hesiod (8th century BC Greek poet)
The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962, German-born Swiss novelist, poet)
The truth is lived, not taught.
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962, German-born Swiss novelist, poet)
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not great truths.
Napoleon Hill (1883-1970, American speaker, author, "Think And Grow Rich")
Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat.
Napoleon Hill (1883-1970, American speaker, author, "Think And Grow Rich")
A new untruth is better than an old truth.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894, American author, wit, poet)
Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894, American author, wit, poet)
Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894, American author, wit, poet)
Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are.
Vernon Howard (1935-1992, American author, speaker)
Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
Vernon Howard (1935-1992, American author, speaker)
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
Edgar Watson Howe (1853-1937, American journalist, author)
The wise boldly pick up a truth as soon as they hear it. Don't wait or a moment, or you'll lose your head.
Hsueh-Dou
Live truth instead of professing it.
Elbert Hubbard (1859-1915, American author, publisher)
Live truth instead of professing it.
Elbert Hubbard (1859-1915, American author, publisher)
It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive. Why should it exaggerate? There is that which should be destroyed and that which should be simply illuminated and studied. How great is the force of benevolent and searching examination! We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.
Victor Hugo (1802-1885, French poet, dramatist, novelist)
We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.
King Hussein (1935-1999, Jordanian king)
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963, British author)
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963, British author)
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
Thomas H. Huxley (1825-1895, British biologist, educator)
It is the fate of new truths to begin as heresies and end as superstitions.
Thomas H. Huxley (1825-1895, British biologist, educator)
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
William James (1842-1910, American psychologist, professor, author)
For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead...
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826, American President (3rd))
The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826, American President (3rd))
In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.
Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857, British humorist, playwright)
What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.
Joseph Joubert (1754-1824, French moralist)
What the imagination seizes as beauty must be the truth.
John Keats (1795-1821, British poet)
Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous.
Corita Kent
No matter what you believe, it doesn't change the facts.
Al Kersha
A hair divides what is false and true.
Omar Khayyam (1048-1131, Persian astronomer, poet)
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968, American Civil Rights leader, Nobel Prize winner, 1964)
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
Jean De La Fontaine (1621-1695, French poet)
The fundamental laws are in the long run merely statements that every event is itself and not some different event.
C. S. Lewis (1898-1963, British academic, writer, Christian apologist)
Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.
Charles Lamb (1775-1834, British essayist, critic)
The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.
Ann Landers (1918-, American advice columnist)
Never lie when the truth is more profitable.
Stanislaw J. Lec (1909-1966, Polish writer)
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
Bruce Lee (1940-1973, Chinese-American martial artist, actor, director, author) Author's website: www.brucelee.com
The well of true wit is truth itself.
George Meredith (1828-1909, British author)
There's nothing you can know that isn't known.
John Lennon (1940-1980, British rock musician)
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but by the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection.
Gotthold Lessing (1729-1781, German dramatist, critic)
Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.
Stephen Levine (1934-, American spiritual teacher, author)
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live the best life that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right and part from him when he goes wrong.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865, American President (16th))
Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865, American President (16th))
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