Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"Most of the changes we think we see in life are due to truths being in and out of favor."Robert Frost
"The people know the truth, yet they choose to believe the lie."Carl Sandburg
"A liar begins with making small lies and then becomes a large liar."Carl Sandburg
"To see oneself is to be terrified."Carl Sandburg
"There is no greater treason than to do the right deed for the wrong reason."T.S. Eliot
"Humankind cannot bear very much reality."T.S. Eliot
"The world is a difficult and dangerous place to be."T.S. Eliot
"The essential advantage of humans is our ability to speak truth."T.S. Eliot
"Everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified."Sherwood Anderson
"The truth of a man lies not in what he says, but in what he does."Sherwood Anderson
"Authenticity is rarer and more valuable than talent."Sherwood Anderson
"The truth is always too new for people."Ezra Pound
"The worth of a work is determined by its truth."Ezra Pound
"We are not what we think we are, but what we do reveals our true character."Booth Tarkington
"The beauty of truth is that it cannot be hidden forever."Upton Sinclair
"Most of the time, it's dull pain, not sharp."Robert Frost
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."Robert Frost
"Truth stands on its own."Robert Frost
"Nothing is simple in the world and nothing is more interesting than the surface."Gertrude Stein
"Either you know or you do not know that is all."Gertrude Stein
"Nothing is always and everything is always."Gertrude Stein
"A nurse is a nurse and a patient is a patient."Gertrude Stein
"I learned early that crying out loud was a way to pay for emotional neglect."Carl Sandburg
"The greatest homage we can pay truth is to use it."Carl Sandburg
"A liar will steal anything except blame."Carl Sandburg
"In a world of lies, truth is revolutionary."Carl Sandburg
"The duty of the writer is to go as far as possible in the direction of truth."Toni Cade Bambara
"Your silence will not protect you."Toni Cade Bambara
"Humankind cannot bear very much reality."T.S. Eliot
"To be honest, one must first be true to oneself."T.S. Eliot