Truth Quotes

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

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"When the accused can confront their accusers, truth is more likely to emerge."
Cesare Beccaria
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"To be is to be perceived, and perception shapes all reality we know."
George Berkeley
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"A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true."
George Berkeley
G
"Truth exists independent of our opinions or preferences about it."
George Berkeley
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"To understand truth, one must be willing to question everything, including oneself."
Antonio Genovesi
"In the end, the market doesn't care about your intentions; it reveals the consequences of your actions."
Friedrich Hayek
"The most effective way to get from a place A to a place B is to ensure you're not starting from false assumptions about where you already are."
Friedrich Hayek
"Words such as 'planned economy' are deceptive; they suggest a rational order that has never been achieved."
Friedrich Hayek
"Those who promise to deliver certainty are almost certainly delivering deception."
Friedrich Hayek
"The person who believes he can rationally plan a complex economy is either ignorant or dishonest."
Friedrich Hayek
"When we say a market failed, we usually mean it failed to produce the outcome we desired, not that it failed to function."
Friedrich Hayek
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"We must not fear the truth, whatever it may be."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
J
"Truth emerges when we abandon otherworldly speculation."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
J
"The pursuit of truth requires abandoning comforting illusions."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
J
"The body's truth is the only truth that matters for living."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
J
"The heart often knows truths that the mind has not yet learned to express."
Johann Tetens
J
"Truth emerges not from authority but from the honest examination of evidence and experience."
Johann Tetens
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"The true is convertible with the made."
Giovanni Vico
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"Truth cannot contradict truth, for reality is one."
Giovanni Vico
G
"The light of truth often blinds those accustomed to darkness."
Giovanni Vico
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"Truth has a power of its own."
Johann Goethe
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"In every concealment there is also a disclosure."
Johann Goethe
J
"The first and last thing required of a genius is love of the truth."
Johann Goethe
J
"All that is hard to endure is hard to hide."
Johann Goethe
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"Truth always finds its way to the surface."
Johann Herder
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"Truth is often stranger and more beautiful than fiction."
Johann Herder
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"Truth is the foundation of all virtue."
Catharine Macaulay
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"Truth may be inconvenient, but it is always necessary."
Catharine Macaulay
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"Only the nobler natures can grasp a truth that is unveiled."
Friedrich Schiller
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"The man who has never grieved over the loss of truth, has never truly lived."
Friedrich Schiller