Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"Truth is like a lion; you do not have to defend it. Let it loose."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"The truth will set you free."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"The Devil's finest trick is persuading you that he does not exist."Charles Baudelaire
"Hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure."Charles Baudelaire
"The man who fears losing an illusion is more unhappy than the man who loses the truth."Charles Baudelaire
"The greatest betrayal is the loss of self-respect."Charles Baudelaire
"The rest is silence, and silence is the only truth we can rely upon."Paul Verlaine
"Truth, like beauty, lies in the eye of the beholder, and rarely in objective fact."Paul Verlaine
"The most profound truths are those we cannot speak, only feel."Paul Verlaine
"I have sought truth in madness and found it."Gérard de Nerval
"The night offers what the day refuses to give."Gérard de Nerval
"Truth is bitter, which is why so many prefer lies."Arthur Rimbaud
"Truth withstands all scrutiny while lies crumble under examination."Arthur Rimbaud
"Truth cannot be painted with words alone."Paul Verlaine
"Truth wears many faces, yet remains singular in essence."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"Truth spoken with compassion wounds but does not destroy."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"The splendor of the true and good is alone capable of moving and dominating the human soul."Théophile Gautier
"A moment of truth is worth more than a lifetime of comfortable lies."Théophile Gautier
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Truth is like the sun; you cannot look directly at it."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Truth will always find a way to emerge."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves"Guy de Maupassant
"The greatest deception is the deception of self"Guy de Maupassant
"The truth is often the first casualty in a story worth telling"Guy de Maupassant
"Life is always rich and never miserable when the heart is true."George Sand
"Women are the priestesses of truth."George Sand
"One must be honest with oneself."George Sand
"What we call reality is merely consensus hallucination."Gérard de Nerval
"The night reveals what day conceals."Gérard de Nerval
"Truth hides in the shadows between words."Gérard de Nerval