Truth Quotes

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

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"The pursuit of truth requires the willingness to be proven wrong."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"The only thing that matters is that we should be true to ourselves."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Emotion is the truest language we possess."
Fannie Hurst
"The authentic self is always more interesting than the facade."
Fannie Hurst
"Truth cannot remain hidden indefinitely."
Fannie Hurst
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"The heart knows truths that the mind cannot comprehend."
Amy Lowell
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"Truth is often more complex than simple facts suggest."
Amy Lowell
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"Honesty may not be the best policy, but it is the best insurance."
O. Henry
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"Strength lies in truth; truth is beauty."
Jack London
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"Every person carries within them a story the world never seeks to know."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"Truth has a way of emerging, no matter how deeply we bury it."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"Society is always trying to suppress the truth that is inconvenient to its structure."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"Truth needs no defense—it defends itself through its own power."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"I will not make you promises I cannot keep."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"Truth is like the sun; you cannot look at it directly without being blinded."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life."
Kate Chopin
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"Every human soul has its peculiar nature, its own way of expressing truth."
Kate Chopin
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"In the silence between heartbeats, truth whispers to those who listen."
Kate Chopin
"The truth we avoid is often the truth we most need to hear."
Fannie Hurst
"The truth sets us free from the weight of deception."
Fannie Hurst
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"The end of capitalism will be when the masses realize what has been done in their names."
Upton Sinclair
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"I write with the belief that the truth will set us free."
Upton Sinclair
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"There is no greater tragedy than the suppression of truth."
Upton Sinclair
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"Honesty is the best policy, but not for dishonest people."
O. Henry
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"Truth is like the sun; it cannot be hidden for long."
O. Henry
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"In the end, only truth endures."
Jack London
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"The love of truth is the most valuable possession."
Jack London
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"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."
Jack London