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
When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. Eric Hoffer
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
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
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
Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge. Mason Cooley
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
It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. Virginia Woolf
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. Flannery O'Connor
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
And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade. Alexander Pope
Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below. Alexander Pope
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth. Sophocles
Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. James Russell Lowell
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. James Russell Lowell
One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions. E. M. Forster
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. George Santayana
When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth. Sara Teasdale
The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy. Ken Kesey