Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

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"A verdade dita com amor é mais aceitável."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"Cada lágrima derramada é uma confissão silenciosa do que não podemos dizer."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"A verdade, por mais amarga, é sempre mais nobre que uma bela mentira."
Camilo Castelo Branco
"Truth is like the sun; it will shine whether we acknowledge it or turn away."
Francesco Petrarca
"Actions speak in a language that transcends all barriers."
Francesco Petrarca
"The measure of a person is not their wealth, but their character."
Francesco Petrarca
"Truth has a way of emerging, no matter how skillfully it is buried."
Francesco Petrarca
"Truth, like light, reveals both beauty and blemish without discrimination."
Torquato Tasso
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"Men are so simple and so ready to obey, that he who is deceitful will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived."
Niccolò Machiavelli
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"Everybody sees how you appear, but few perceive who you truly are."
Niccolò Machiavelli
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"A successful deception is never revealed; therein lies its genius."
Niccolò Machiavelli
"In the garden of the mind, only truth bears eternal fruit."
Torquato Tasso
"The truth, however painful, sets the spirit free."
Torquato Tasso
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"A verdade é mais estranha que a ficção."
Almeida Garrett
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"A verdade sempre prevalece."
Almeida Garrett
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"The greatest tyranny is the tyranny of comfortable lies."
Alexandre Herculano
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"Truth wears many faces, but never a false one."
Alexandre Herculano
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"To speak truth in an age of lies is a revolutionary act."
Alexandre Herculano
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"The pen is mightier than the sword, but only when wielded by a truthful hand."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"The truth may wound, but a lie corrupts."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"The greatest truths are often whispered, not proclaimed."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"The foundation of all virtue is truth."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."
Petrarch
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"One can hide the face but not the soul."
Petrarch
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"Nothing is so improbable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."
Petrarch
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"The pursuit of truth is more valuable than its possession."
Petrarch
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"In every concealment there is also a revelation."
Petrarch
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"Truth demands courage; falsehood requires only comfort."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"The pursuit of truth often leads away from comfort and toward inconvenient reality."
Ramalho Ortigão