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