Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"Sincerity is the beginning of all virtues."Mencius
"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it is knowledge."Mencius
"The superior man understands what is right."Mencius
"The heart desires what is right."Mencius
"The poor go to the poor, and the rich to the rich."Cicero
"The dishonest speaker is not merely imperfect, but ceases to be an orator at all."Cicero
"Words are the tokens of truth."Cicero
"There is nothing in the world more powerful than truth."Cicero
"You are not harmed by someone holding a bad opinion of you."Marcus Aurelius
"If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it."Marcus Aurelius
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."Marcus Aurelius
"A lie is pleasure borrowed from the future at interest."Epicureanism Epicurus
"The words of truth are always paradoxical."Zhuangzi
"To believe your own thought is to believe that what is true for you is true for all men."Zhuangzi
"Truth is ever changing, never still."Zhuangzi
"Better to stumble with the truth than to run smoothly with a lie."Seneca
"The greatest wealth is a reputation for honesty."Seneca
"What is unjust cannot be expedient."Seneca
"Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know."Laozi
"The winding path often leads to truth."Laozi
"In every concealment there is also a disclosure."Laozi
"Simplicity in words reflects simplicity in thought."Laozi
"As one becomes sober, one begins to understand that much of life was an illusion."Epictetus
"All men have a mind which naturally loves right and hates what is evil."Mencius
"When the character of a man is not clear to us, how can we have regard for him?"Mencius
"What we do in private reveals what we truly are."Mencius
"Silence is sometimes the severest criticism"Thales of Miletus
"The pursuit of truth is more valuable than the possession of it"Thales of Miletus
"The greatest treasure is integrity"Thales of Miletus
"The truth will set you free"Thales of Miletus