Truth Quotes

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

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"Truth, though difficult, is the foundation of all virtue."
Pico della Mirandola
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"The voice of truth may be small, but it echoes eternally."
Pico della Mirandola
"Words can wound deeper than any blade."
Catherine de Medici
"The truth is often the most dangerous weapon of all."
Catherine de Medici
"The greatest deception is self-deception."
Catherine de Medici
"Verum et factum convertuntur - truth and fact are interchangeable."
Giambattista Vico
"The most difficult of all things is to see what is plainly before one's eyes."
Giambattista Vico
"Truth is the daughter of time."
Giambattista Vico
"A society is only as strong as its commitment to truth."
Giambattista Vico
"Truth wears many faces; wisdom knows them all."
Giambattista Vico
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"Truth, though often uncomfortable, is always preferable to beautiful falsehoods."
Isabella d'Este
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"I value those who speak truth, even when it would be easier to remain silent."
Isabella d'Este
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"The pursuit of eloquence is the pursuit of truth."
Poliziano Angelo
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"Words, when carefully chosen, become instruments of power and truth."
Poliziano Angelo
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"In the pursuit of truth, we must be willing to question everything."
Poliziano Angelo
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"The historian serves truth by preserving the authentic voices of the past."
Poliziano Angelo
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"The pursuit of truth requires an uncluttered mind."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Truth cannot be hidden forever; it emerges with time."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Truth, like water, always finds its way to the surface."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Truth is not found in speculation but in careful observation."
Giambattista della Porta
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"To pursue truth, one must first release all certainties."
Giambattista della Porta
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"The pursuit of truth requires the courage to abandon comfortable falsehoods."
Marsilio Ficino
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"The soul that seeks truth shall find it written in all things."
Marsilio Ficino
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"The visible world is but a shadow of the invisible truth."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"Those who seek truth must be willing to lose everything."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"The human spirit possesses an innate hunger for truth that no earthly satisfaction can fully quench."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Truth may be difficult to perceive, but once glimpsed, it cannot be unseen or denied."
Pico della Mirandola
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"In the complexity of nature lies the simplicity of eternal truth."
Giambattista della Porta
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"The testimony of nature is far more reliable than the testimony of men."
Giambattista della Porta
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"The truth will set you free."
Edward Wotton