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