Everything on this page is true. It’s a collection proverbs and quotes about the truth.
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A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.
Thomas MannA lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
Edgar J. MohnA thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Oscar WildeAbandon the search for truth; settle for a good fantasy.
(unknown author)Always tell the truth in the form of a joke.
Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have no other.
Ivy Compton-BurnettArt does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
Barbra StreisandBeneath all old sayings lies the truth.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheDemocracy is no way to establish a truth.
Richard DawkinsEven idiots occasionally speak the truth accidentally.
Dorothy L. SayersSource: Whose Body?
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, HOWEVER IMPROBABLE, must be the truth?
Sir Arthur Conan DoyleSource: The Sign of the Four
Quoted: Sherlock Holmes
If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty."
If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
Richard DawkinsIf you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Mark TwainIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Jane AustenIt is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth.
Harry FrankfurtMost men would kill the truth if truth would kill their religion.
Lemuel K. WashburnNothing can be truer than fairy wisdom ... It is true as sunbeams ...
Douglas William JerroldScience replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
Richard DawkinsSincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.
LaoziSo part of our challenge is reconciling these two seemingly inreconcilable truths -- that war is sometimes necessary, and war at some level is an expression of human folly.
Barack ObamaTell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect, - But tell me the truth.
Shel SilversteinThe beautiful truth burst upon my mind — I felt that there were invisible lines stretched between my spirit and the spirits of others.
Helen KellerThe fact that a hypothesis is politically uncomfortable does not mean that it is false, but it does mean that we should consider the evidence very carefully before concluding that it is true.
Steven PinkerThe good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.
Neil deGrasse TysonThe great advantage of telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.
Dorothy L. SayersThe only truth is music.... Music blends with the heartbeat universe and we forget the brain beat.
Jack KerouacThe truth about truths is that they are made up.
MinkukelThe truth is in the wine.
Under the influence of alcohol people speak freely.The truth is we're both pretty lousy, but together we're better than ten others.
Keith RichardsWhen deciding who is the best guitar player, Keith or Ronnie Wood.
The truth. ... It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.
J.K. RowlingSource: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Quoted: Dumbledore
Three things cannot long stay hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.
Gautama BuddhaTo tell the truth is dangerous; to listen to it is boring.
Trust starts with truth and ends with truth.
Santosh KalwarTruth has but one color, a lie has many.
Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.
Konrad LorenzTruth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.
VoltaireTruth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
The truth can be a big surprise.Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
Oscar WildeWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
(unknown author)Source: Declaration of Independence
We should always be open-minded, but the only good reason to believe that something exists is if there is real evidence that it does.
Richard DawkinsWhat is true by firelight is not always true by daylight.
When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal force, the truth does not necessarily lie midway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.
Richard DawkinsWho says anything is true?
(unknown author)