Truth Quotes

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

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"A woman's virtue is her greatest ornament, more precious than jewels or gold."
Eliza Haywood
"Deception, however clever, always comes to light."
Eliza Haywood
"Truth may be hidden, but it cannot be killed."
Christina Rossetti
"In truth there is no compromise, only degrees of honesty."
Christina Rossetti
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"Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess."
Samuel Johnson
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"The world will not be deceived; it is too old, it has seen too much."
Samuel Johnson
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"The greatest evils in the world are not always the most notorious."
Samuel Johnson
"I would have those that love to be honest, for there is no greater sign of a brave mind than to speak the truth."
Aphra Behn
"The world is made up of deceit and treachery."
Aphra Behn
"Words are the shadows of actions."
Aphra Behn
"Truth will always resurface, no matter how deeply buried."
Aphra Behn
"The heart's truth cannot be hidden for long."
Aphra Behn
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"Respect is worthless where it cannot be lost."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Belief is not knowledge; they differ as day and night."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
P
"The tyrant cannot stop the flowing of the waters of truth."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"The only power that will never grow old is truth."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Truth is like the sun; it cannot be hidden for long."
Christina Rossetti
"Words have power to heal or to wound; use them with intention."
Christina Rossetti
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"This truth within thy mind rehearse, that in a boundless universe is boundless better"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Live pure. Speak true. Right wrong. Follow the King"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
A
"Truth needs no colors or shadows"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Truth never hurts the teller."
Robert Browning
"Truth is within ourselves."
Robert Browning
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"A man's conscience is a still, small voice that makes you feel even smaller."
Knut Hamsun
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"I have no way of knowing how people talk when I'm not around."
Knut Hamsun
K
"A writer's obligation is to tell the truth."
Knut Hamsun
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"The truth will always be the truth, no matter what."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Truth will always triumph in the end."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me."
Dante Gabriel Rossetti