Truth Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about truth.

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

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An uninteresting truth can be overshadowed by an exciting falsehood.

William James

William James

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The proof of every truth lies simply in its effectiveness.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

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The man who is not afraid of the truths has nothing to fear from lies.

Clive Staples Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis

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If you seek the truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you seek comfort, you will find neither truth nor comfort.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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It is impossible to cross a crowd with the flame of truth without burning someone's beard.

Tito Livius

Tito Livius

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The truth can be eclipsed but not extinguished.

John Locke

John Locke

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To love the truth for the sake of truth is the main part of human perfection in this world, and the main seed of all other virtues.

José Martí

José Martí

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Elementary truths fit on the wing of a hummingbird.

Karl Marx

Karl Marx

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The way things appear is not the way they are; and if things were as they appear, the whole of science would be unnecessary.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Nothing seems so true that it cannot seem false.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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Man is the being that absolutely needs truth, and, conversely, truth is the only thing that man essentially needs, his only unconditional need.