Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"Loyalty to principle must outweigh loyalty to person, however dear."James Fenimore Cooper
"The measure of a person is not in their wealth but in their wisdom."Edith Wharton
"The cruelest lies are often told with the best intentions."Edith Wharton
"Truth will always find a way to emerge, no matter how deeply buried."Edith Wharton
"Truth is as impossible to be soiled by the mud that is thrown upon it."Harriet Beecher Stowe
"There is a power in truth that no falsehood can ever match."Harriet Beecher Stowe
"I am angry nearly every day of my life."Louisa May Alcott
"The truth is the best foundation for any relationship."Louisa May Alcott
"Truth may be uncomfortable, but it is always more valuable than comfortable lies."Louisa May Alcott
"The test of one's decency is how much of a shock it is to one's sensibilities when one meets decency in a coarse place."Willa Cather
"The qualities that make a man act in bad faith are not confined to any social class."Willa Cather
"The important thing is that we are coming nearer and nearer to the truth."Willa Cather
"The most merciless of all judgments are those uttered in the voice of enthusiasm."Willa Cather
"Believe nothing you hear and half of what you see."Edgar Allan Poe
"Truth is stranger than fiction."Edgar Allan Poe
"The only real truth that I know about is that there is a real truth."Edgar Allan Poe
"Perhaps the most interesting information about a man is what he is anxious to hide."Edgar Allan Poe
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold secret."Edgar Allan Poe
"I am not interested in perfection. I am interested in truth."Edgar Allan Poe
"The deepest truths are often hidden beneath the surface of common things."Washington Irving
"The test of your character is what you do when no one is watching."Harriet Beecher Stowe
"The most profound truths are often hidden in simple observations."Harriet Beecher Stowe
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."Ralph Waldo Emerson
"In every concealment there is also a disclosure."Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Character is destiny."Ralph Waldo Emerson
"All biography is autobiography."Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The heart speaks truths that reason cannot fully comprehend."James Fenimore Cooper
"Truth has a way of emerging, regardless of how deeply men attempt to bury it."James Fenimore Cooper
"Truth, once spoken, cannot be unspoken, only denied."James Fenimore Cooper