Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"We are defined more by what we hide than what we show."John Banville
"Truth is less important than the search for truth."John Banville
"A single moment of true understanding is worth more than a lifetime of illusion."Luís de Camões
"We deceive ourselves more thoroughly than we deceive others."Eça de Queirós
"Truth is a luxury that most cannot afford to acknowledge."Eça de Queirós
"The truth is harder to find than we think, and easier to ignore."Saramago
"Truth has a way of emerging, no matter how we try to bury it."Saramago
"The pursuit of truth demands the courage to question everything."Luís de Camões
"The writer's responsibility is to tell the truth as he sees it."Austin Clarke
"Truth cannot be hidden indefinitely."Austin Clarke
"The truth will always surface eventually."Austin Clarke
"Truth sleeps in the depths where few dare to look."Fernando Pessoa
"Authenticity is impossible; we are all masks on masks."Fernando Pessoa
"Memory is the great deceiver, reshaping the past to suit the present moment."John Banville
"We live in the gaps between what we say and what we truly mean."John Banville
"The truth is rarely comforting, which is precisely why we resist it so fiercely."John Banville
"We live in a lie because truth is often too harsh to bear."José María de Eça de Queirós
"The world rewards deception more than truth."José María de Eça de Queirós
"The truth we avoid is often the truth we most need."José María de Eça de Queirós
"Truth, like water, always finds its way to the surface."Padraig Colum
"Truth needs no defense; falsehood requires endless justification."Padraig Colum
"Blindness is the best metaphor for human condition."Saramago
"A single moment of truth can outweigh a lifetime of comfortable lies."Luís de Camões
"Truth needs no ornament"Patrick Kavanagh
"Truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it"Patrick Kavanagh
"We are all strangers to ourselves, wearing masks we call identity."Fernando Pessoa
"The truth is too complex for a single statement."Fernando Pessoa
"In the end, we are all mysteries to ourselves."John Banville
"Truth wears many faces, none of them entirely honest."John Banville
"Truth is the luxury of those brave enough to face it."John Banville