Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"I value integrity above all else."Jane Eyre
"Beware of appearing to be a good man; aspire to being one."Monte Cristo
"I am not what I seem to be."Estella
"We must be true to ourselves above all else."Joe Gargery
"The heart knows what the mind refuses to accept."Pip
"I have never been what you wish me to be."Sydney Carton
"I am not an angel and will not pretend to be."Jane Eyre
"You can't wean yourself off a bad thing by pretending it doesn't exist."Estella
"I was awakening to realities."Pip
"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion."Jane Eyre
"I am not an angel, and I will not pretend to be."Jane Eyre
"Betrayal cuts deeper than any sword."Edmond Dantès
"Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred"Arthur Dimmesdale
"Thou art not true! said Pearl, grasping his hand. There is a look in thine eye which thou dost not love me"Pearl
"There is a certain madness in the pursuit of truth"Ishmael
"I was always treated as if I were wicked."Estella
"The truth about my origins changed everything."Pip
"I am not one of those young ladies who believe themselves to be possessed of every accomplishment."Elizabeth Bennet
"I have nothing to say to you that you wish to hear."Elizabeth Bennet
"It would be most improper for me to believe what I do not believe."Elizabeth Bennet
"I cannot be other than what I am."Anna Karenina
"Conscience is the only thing that cannot be mocked."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"Each man has his own destiny; the only imperative is to be true to it."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"Deceit is a poison that destroys everything it touches."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"The tongue is the worst member of a man."Sancho Panza
"A man who wanders from the truth walks in darkness."Don Quixote
"I cannot be other than what I am."Levin
"Real feelings cannot be feigned."Levin
"The soul recognizes truth immediately."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)