If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? – Thomas Carlyle
Nothing that was worthy in the past departs no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die. – Thomas Carlyle
Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does. – Helen Hayes
No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. – George Orwell
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. – Charles Dickens
However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is – it is her shadow. – Ambrose Bierce
Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar. – J. Edgar Hoover
Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. – Walt Whitman
The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects. – Leonardo da Vinci
Fiction is the truth inside the lie. – Stephen King
I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai. – Orson Welles
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. – Blaise Pascal
We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart. – Blaise Pascal
Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth give him too much, the same. – Blaise Pascal
Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth. – Blaise Pascal
Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality. – Chuck Palahniuk
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out. – William F. Buckley, Jr.
It does not require many words to speak the truth. – Chief Joseph
