Truth Quotes

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

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"My voice may say one word, but my actions speak volumes."
Timmy
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"Be as you wish to seem."
Socrates
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"The best apology is to make amends."
Socrates
S
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."
Socrates
S
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it or because it is traditional or written in books."
Socrates
S
"I would rather live as one man than as many men."
Socrates
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"No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth."
Plato
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"Truth is the beginning of every good thing."
Plato
P
"The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we appear to be."
Plato
P
"The investigation of truth is the most beautiful thing in the world."
Plato
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"The truth hurts, which is why most people avoid it."
Frank Jr.
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"Honesty is overrated when a good lie works better."
Frank Jr.
F
"Truth is like Schrödinger's cat - believed and not believed simultaneously."
Frank Jr.
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"Fifteen hundred people going down into the freezing Atlantic."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
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"I believe you may get your headlines, Mr. Andrews."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
R
"Every man for himself."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
R
"Some people can be very cruel."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
R
"The ship was unsinkable, or so they said."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
R
"The ship went down."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
E
"The ring cannot stay in the Shire. This much is clear to me."
Elrond
E
"Truth, however bitter, is preferable to comforting lies."
Elrond
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"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."
Socrates
S
"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."
Socrates
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"Truth only reveals itself when one gives up all preconceived ideas about it."
Socrates
R
"You were right all along. I'm never going back."
Rapunzel
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"I'm sure that's not true. You're a witch."
Hermione Granger
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"The truth may be difficult, but it's always better than a lie."
Hermione Granger
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"One must always seek the truth, no matter how uncomfortable."
Hermione Granger
B
"A broken oath cuts deeper than any blade."
Boromir
B
"The truth, however painful, must be spoken."
Boromir