Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"Truth is like a lion; it does not need to be defended, only released."Hugo Grotius
"Truth in all its forms is preferable to comfortable deception."Hugo Grotius
"The pursuit of truth requires humility and openness to correction."Hugo Grotius
"The most profound truths are simplest things and the simplest things are the most profound."Friedrich Schiller
"The written law is superior to the spoken word, for it endures and cannot be corrupted by memory."Jean Bodin
"A culture that honors truth above all other values will eventually triumph over those built on lies."Jean Bodin
"The corruption of language leads to the corruption of thought and the degradation of the state."Jean Bodin
"A realm that persecutes those who think differently is a realm that fears the light of truth."Jean Bodin
"A soul devoted to truth will ultimately find peace, even if that truth is bitter and difficult."Jean Bodin
"Truth is the agreement of our perceptions with the nature of things themselves."Christian Wolff
"Falsehood cannot persist where reason is rigorously applied."Christian Wolff
"Truth needs no advocate; falsehood requires constant defense."Christian Wolff
"In the pursuit of truth, we must strip ourselves of prejudice and face facts with an open heart."Catharine Macaulay
"We must judge the present not by the standards of the past, but by the demands of truth."Catharine Macaulay
"Prejudice is the enemy of truth, and only through rigorous examination can we overcome it."Catharine Macaulay
"Truth requires no ornament; it stands firm on its own merits."Moses Mendelssohn
"I have found that the shortest path is the way of reason."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"I believe in the triumph of reason over ignorance."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"The truth cannot be hidden forever."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"One must question everything to find the truth."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"The pursuit of truth is the noblest endeavor."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"I believe in the universality of mathematical truth."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain sentence."Johann Goethe
"Truth is like a torch held aloft in the fog and darkness of our time."Johann Goethe
"A fact is the simplest statement of observation; it is free from theory."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"The strongest conviction upon which we base our conduct is not always the truest."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively by the multiplication of theories than by any sort of error."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"The fundamental condition of happiness is that it should be rested on truth."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"The search for truth is more precious than its possession."Carl Linnaeus