Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"The truth will set you free."Don Quixote
"A lie is a poison that spreads through the entire soul."Raskolnikov
"The presence of the problem was enough."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"In the presence of death, all pretense falls away."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"We deceive ourselves more than we deceive others."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"Truth is stranger and more complex than fiction."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"The truth we avoid always finds us."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"Be true! Be true! Be true!"Arthur Dimmesdale
"Keep, therefore, the secret, cousin, as thou valuest thy life!"Hester Prynne
"Better to die than to live a lie."Arthur Dimmesdale
"I love my country, but I love truth more than my country."Ivan Karamazov
"A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth."Ivan Karamazov
"The heart's truth often contradicts the mind's logic, yet both must be honored."Don Quixote
"I want to see you act on your principles"Porfiry Petrovich
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an abomination."Raskolnikov
"A guilty conscience needs no accuser."Porfiry Petrovich
"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"Thou wilt not reveal his name"Hester Prynne
"We are not, Hester, the worst sinners in the world"Arthur Dimmesdale
"We have wronged each other deeply"Hester Prynne
"A good reputation is better than gold."Don Quixote
"The struggle for truth is the noblest of all pursuits."Ivan Karamazov
"Keep, therefore, the secret, as thou valuest thy life!"Hester Prynne
"The world had deceived her with its promises."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"The reality of life was far crueler than any novel."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"Her infidelity was born of desperation, not malice."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"She had no one to blame but herself for her predicament."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"Romance had poisoned her mind against reality."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"I cannot live with a lie in my heart"Raskolnikov
"The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks"Sancho Panza