Truth Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about truth.

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.

Montesquieu

Montesquieu

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The truth in one time is error in another.

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.

Paul VI

Paul VI

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One can sin against the truth as much by calculated omissions as by inaccurate information.

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

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We possess neither the truth nor the good, except in part and mixed with falsehood and with evil.

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

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Neither contradiction is an indication of falsehood, nor the lack of contradiction is an indication of truth.

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

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Even if there were only one single truth, one couldn't paint a hundred paintings on the same subject.

One must have the courage to speak the truth, especially when speaking of the truth.