An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may. William Hazlitt on truth
In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable. Hypatia on truth
There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch. Bette Davis on truth
When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. Eric Hoffer on truth
It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. George Santayana on truth
The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it. James Russell Lowell on truth
Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side. James Russell Lowell on truth
Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape. Busta Rhymes on truth
Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge. Mason Cooley on truth
I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds. Bela Lugosi on truth
It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. Virginia Woolf on truth
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. Flannery O'Connor on truth
The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth. James Allen on truth
And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade. Alexander Pope on truth
Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below. Alexander Pope on truth
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth. Sophocles on truth
Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. James Russell Lowell on truth
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. James Russell Lowell on truth
One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions. E. M. Forster on truth
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. George Santayana on truth