Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"Pain is the main thing that connects us to reality."Vladimir Nabokov
"Between the existing world and us there is always the pane of glass."Vladimir Nabokov
"We are all monsters, but some of us know it and some do not."Vladimir Nabokov
"A man is as noble as the truths he holds."Vladimir Nabokov
"The illusion which exalts us is dearer than a thousand truths."Aleksandr Pushkin
"Truth will always emerge victorious."Aleksandr Pushkin
"Truth endures all scrutiny."Aleksandr Pushkin
"We are all inclined to believe what we wish."Nikolai Gogol
"The mask we wear becomes our true face."Nikolai Gogol
"We are enslaved by what we will not acknowledge."Nikolai Gogol
"We deceive ourselves more thoroughly than any enemy could."Nikolai Gogol
"In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it."Boris Pasternak
"The greatest truth is often hidden in silence."Boris Pasternak
"The price of authenticity is loneliness."Boris Pasternak
"Man is sometimes extraordinarily, fiendishly unfair."Maxim Gorky
"Each person must find their own truth within themselves."Maxim Gorky
"In silence, we find the voice of truth."Maxim Gorky
"Honest people seldom suspect others of dishonesty."Ivan Turgenev
"The worst thing one can do is to pretend to be what one is not."Ivan Turgenev
"The pursuit of truth is the highest calling."Ivan Turgenev
"The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves."Aleksandr Pushkin
"I seek not happiness, but truth."Aleksandr Pushkin
"Betrayal is the ultimate theft."Aleksandr Pushkin
"Man will become better when you show him what he is like."Anton Chekhov
"Let's be honest; life isn't kind to most of us."Anton Chekhov
"If ever truth and falsehood come into contact, they will not unite and continue to stand as before."Anton Chekhov
"If you wish to depict the life of a human being, or of a nation, you must not start from the philosophy of that life and then arrange the facts to suit that philosophy."Anton Chekhov
"Lies in the guise of truth bring disorder to the world."Anton Chekhov
"We do not need to live by illusions to find life worth living."Anton Chekhov
"Society polishes us smooth until we lose all our edges and authentic corners."Mikhail Lermontov