Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"It was a pleasure to burn."Guy Montag
"I just had a terrible thought. What if it's true?"Guy Montag
"The most important single thing we have to teach our children is that in every conceivable manner, the integrity of speech is absolute."Professor Faber
"All the guys go to that place, but it ain't nice"Candy
"Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else."O'Brien
"The truth is: I am tired."Billy Pilgrim
"The conscience is the truest judge of human conduct."Pierre Bezukhov
"You wasn't no good. You ain't no good now"George Milton
"All this happened, more or less."Kurt Vonnegut
"The most untrustworthy people are those who make the most fuss about their trustworthiness."Samuel Hamilton
"Maybe the beast is part of us."Simon
"The truth is, we're on our own."Ralph
"I'm going to be honest with you. You're crazy."Doc Daneeka
"Sometimes they are five fingers, sometimes three, sometimes they are all of them at once."O'Brien
"There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad."Winston Smith
"There's no help coming. Get that into your head."Jack Merridew
"The conquest of the earth is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much."Marlow
"He was hollow at the core."Marlow
"There was something wanting in him—some small matter."Marlow
"They were nothing but hollow phantoms."Marlow
"A man that tries to talk jargon will never understand truth."Marlow
"Promises are made to be broken in the shadow of greed."Marlow
"Some day they'd peel the label off and see what's inside."Yossarian
"I'd like to see someone deny it."Yossarian
"The beast is part of us."Simon
"The life of an animal is misery and slavery."Old Major
"There is a taint of death, a flavor of mortality in lies"Marlow
"I find myself regarding the success of this affair with an indifference that almost amounts to insanity"Marlow
"I did not betray Mr. Kurtz—it is Mr. Kurtz who had betrayed me"Marlow
"One must be like a child to understand truth"Pierre Bezukhov