Truth Quotes

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

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"The truth is often hidden behind the veil of convention."
Honoré de Balzac
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"There is a tragic clash between Truth and the World; pure undated Truth and the World which is dated and painted and bought."
Victor Hugo
"The hunger for truth is the noblest of all hungers."
Gustave Flaubert
"A person carries their truth within them like a star carries its light."
Gustave Flaubert
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"Truth may be uncomfortable, but lies will always find us in the end."
Alexandre Dumas
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"Truth may hurt, but deception eventually destroys everything."
Alexandre Dumas
"By the sacred earth on which I live, I swear to thee that I will never betray thee."
Mary Shelley
"When falsehood can look so like truth, who can assure themselves of certain discernment."
Mary Shelley
"I could not doubt the reality of my sensations."
Mary Shelley
"The truth is a torch that burns through the fog of lies."
Émile Zola
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"I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody"
John Keats
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"I wish you could know me in my real, true, everyday existence"
John Keats
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"I am living in a real world"
John Keats
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"The most evident stamp of falshood is the parting of the lips"
John Keats
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"Nightmares are only dreams with more honesty."
Charles Dickens
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"Simple and sincere are the best."
Charles Dickens
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"Time has not changed the truth that binds us together."
Charles Dickens
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"The human heart always leaves something to be desired."
Honoré de Balzac
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"A lie told with elegance is still a lie."
Honoré de Balzac
"Truth has never been, nor can be, wholly contained in any one statement."
William Wordsworth
"The pursuit of truth is the noblest of all endeavors."
William Wordsworth
"Truth will set you free."
William Wordsworth
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"The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves."
Victor Hugo
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"Truth is not a crystal that can be handled and kept like a physical thing."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Truth is the light that guides us."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"We are all monsters, in our own ways."
Mary Shelley
"Sorrow is the natural outpouring of truth."
Mary Shelley
"We cannot escape ourselves, no matter how far we run."
Mary Shelley
"To be rejected is to be defined by others' limitations."
Mary Shelley
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"The most dangerous lies are those we tell ourselves."
Alexandre Dumas