Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation."Voltaire
"It is my business to write down these things as they occur, not to judge them."Voltaire
"I believe in absolute truth"Arthur Rimbaud
"Every heart hides a darkness"Arthur Rimbaud
"Truth cannot be hidden forever"Arthur Rimbaud
"Truth is the foundation of all virtue."Paul Verlaine
"Truth never hides in darkness forever."Paul Verlaine
"The ugliest occupation is that of the prostitute, yet she is no worse than the merchant who sells his soul."Charles Baudelaire
"Truth is often stranger and more beautiful than the lies we comfort ourselves with."Charles Baudelaire
"The measure of a person is their integrity."Pierre Corneille
"The pursuit of truth demands intellectual honesty."Pierre Corneille
"In truth-telling, we honor both ourselves and others."Pierre Corneille
"In silence, we discover the voice of truth."Jean Racine
"In truth lies the foundation of all virtue."Jean Racine
"Truth may be difficult, but it alone sets us free."Jean Racine
"Truth wears the mask of fiction."Stéphane Mallarmé
"Truth hides behind layers of language."Stéphane Mallarmé
"We are dying from politeness."Molière
"There is nothing quite so absurd as the truth, when one is not accustomed to it."Molière
"Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue."Molière
"Words are the shadows of truth."Molière
"We live in a world where the absurd is commonplace."Molière
"Truth may be hidden, but it cannot remain hidden forever."Molière
"The pursuit of truth requires the willingness to be wrong."Molière
"The deepest wounds are often inflicted by those we trust most."Pierre Corneille
"Real life is absent. We are not in the world."Arthur Rimbaud
"Every human being contains multitudes, contradictions, and lies."Arthur Rimbaud
"Truth is stranger and more beautiful than fiction."Paul Verlaine
"Truth resonates with the soul."Paul Verlaine
"We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth."Voltaire