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