Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"There is no greater torture than the torture of the conscience."Raskolnikov
"Betrayal is the deepest wound."Edmond Dantès
"Facts are more powerful than dreams."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"It is what it is, and I owe them that much."Jay Gatsby
"Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply."Nick Carraway
"I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person."Jay Gatsby
"I never loved him."Daisy Buchanan
"One thing only I know for certain and that is that man's judgment of rightness or wrongness is not based on reason."Pierre Bezukhov
"The torment of uncertainty is worse than the torment of knowledge"Raskolnikov
"The burden of secrets will destroy a man from within"Raskolnikov
"People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for."Atticus Finch
"The truth, simple or not simple, is the truth."Mayella Ewell
"The search for truth is always more important than the search for comfort."Atticus Finch
"A man cannot always be fortunate, but he can always be true."Abbé Faria
"Betrayal is the cruelest knife of all."Edmond Dantès
"Reality disappoints those who expect too much from it"Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"Lies are the only truth we tell ourselves willingly"Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"She was a masterpiece of self-deception"Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart."Nick Carraway
"I'll tell you a family secret. I'm the son of some wealthy people in the Middle West."Jay Gatsby
"I've always been glad I said that. It was a strange thing to say."Nick Carraway
"He's a bootlegger. Everybody says so."Daisy Buchanan
"A man may smile and bid you welcome, yet wish you to the devil."Caderousse
"The greatest treasure is not gold, but truth."Abbé Faria
"Betrayal is a bitter pill that never loses its taste."Edmond Dantès
"Do not torment me by asking me to justify myself."Ivan Karamazov
"She had learned to dissemble as naturally as she breathed"Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"Her infidelity was less about passion than about escape"Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"She mistook the excitement of deception for the reality of love"Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"Her tragedy was not in her circumstances but in her refusal to accept them"Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)