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