Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"She saw her life as a series of betrayals by the world"Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"The path to truth goes through pain and suffering."Sonya
"I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited."Nick Carraway
"The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself."Nick Carraway
"I am not mad, I am simply tired of appearing so."Edmond Dantès
"The more she revealed herself, the more she hid her true self."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"Lies had become as natural to her as breathing."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"Conscience is within us."Sonya
"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."Ivan Karamazov
"Illusion is the queen of the human heart."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"She saw in others only what she wished to see."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"The truth is often too terrible to bear."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"She had chosen illusion over truth, and illusion had abandoned her."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"Just tell them the truth: that you never loved him."Jay Gatsby
"I believe the simple hell of it is that I am innocent."Tom Robinson
"The truth, I suppose, is simple enough."Scout Finch
"I am going to tell you something that will convince you of my sincerity."Abbé Faria
"When conscience speaks, all other voices must be silent."Jean Valjean
"What is the good of talking about virtue? It is a fine thing, but it goes no further than that."Raskolnikov
"My consciousness is my greatest torment."Raskolnikov
"One cannot escape one's nature through an act of will."Raskolnikov
"To confess is to begin healing."Sonya
"Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply."Tom Buchanan
"One thing alone is needful—the truth."Pierre Bezukhov
"Children are innocent, yet the world demands they suffer."Ivan Karamazov
"Reality never matches our imaginations."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"The truth is often too ugly to bear."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"Words are often substitutes for genuine feeling."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"Everything is complicated when you begin to examine it"Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
"Truth demands a price we must pay."Porfiry Petrovich