Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

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"We are all murderers in our hearts."
Vera Claythorne
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"I could see everything so clearly, yet I was blind to what truly mattered."
Charlie Gordon
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"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Sherlock Holmes
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"The truth is the most dangerous of all things."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Truth demands action"
Shevek
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"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."
Sherlock Holmes
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"The human capacity for self-deception is infinite."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Sometimes paranoia is just seeing the truth others have missed."
Lisbeth Salander
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"No one can accuse me of not being honest about my feelings."
Justice Wargrave
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"Truth cannot be monopolized"
Shevek
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"The truth can be like a palimpsest—layers upon layers, each revealing something new."
Robert Langdon
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"Some truths were never meant to be discovered."
Leigh Teabing
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"I have no plans to call you ever again, Clarice."
Hannibal Lecter
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"Everyone has secrets they'd kill to protect."
Lisbeth Salander
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"The truth is a dangerous commodity."
Mikael Blomkvist
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"The truth, however ugly, must be spoken."
Mikael Blomkvist
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"We are the people who say we will try for the truth"
Shevek
C
"Being intelligent is not a curse, but the awareness of what you've lost is"
Charlie Gordon
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"The mind is both a blessing and a prison"
Charlie Gordon
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"When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth"
Sherlock Holmes
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"I have no desire to make mysteries, but we must face facts"
Sherlock Holmes
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"I am endeavouring to be factual and not to be influenced by sentiment"
Dr. John Watson
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"The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside"
Dr. John Watson
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"The facts are quite clear"
Sherlock Holmes
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"The facts are these, and if they seem to you to be a little bizarre, you must admit that they are very far from being a common occurrence."
Dr. John Watson
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"The hound of the Baskervilles was not a physical creature."
Sherlock Holmes
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"The truth will always emerge in the end."
Sherlock Holmes
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"I never guess. It is a shocking habit."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Not everything that appears mysterious must remain so."
Sherlock Holmes
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"It is always best to see the worst for oneself rather than hear it from another."
Dr. John Watson