Truth Quotes

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

40912 quotes

E
"An unexamined life is not worth living."
Edward Wotton
N
"Contempt precedes opinion."
Nicodemus Copernicus
N
"Truth cannot be hidden forever."
Nicodemus Copernicus
N
"The pursuit of truth requires sacrifice."
Nicodemus Copernicus
G
"Truth will always prevail against lies and deception."
Girolamo Savonarola
G
"The corrupt fear exposure more than punishment."
Girolamo Savonarola
G
"The truth may offend but it will not deceive."
Girolamo Savonarola
G
"Truth is a weapon against tyranny."
Girolamo Savonarola
"The true is the made - verum est factum."
Giambattista Vico
"The true is what serves the human good."
Giambattista Vico
"Truth is the daughter of time."
Giambattista Vico
A
"In the pursuit of truth, one must be willing to question everything previously believed."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
A
"The most profound truths are often hidden within seemingly simple observations."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
C
"The man who has a conscience will beat a drum before he commits any base deed."
Cosimo de Medici
C
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."
Cosimo de Medici
C
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
Cosimo de Medici
C
"In every concealment there is also a disclosure."
Cosimo de Medici
"Truth in anatomy is beauty in understanding."
Andreas Vesalius
"Truth demands rigorous investigation and honest reporting."
Andreas Vesalius
"Error in anatomy leads to error in medicine."
Andreas Vesalius
"I teach not what I have read, but what I have seen."
Andreas Vesalius
"I would rather have one moment of clear vision than years of blind acceptance."
Andreas Vesalius
"I have chosen to trust my eyes over the authority of tradition."
Andreas Vesalius
"The path to medical truth is paved with careful observation."
Andreas Vesalius
"I would rather discover one small truth than accept a thousand false doctrines."
Andreas Vesalius
"Truth in medicine is not a destination but a journey of constant learning."
Andreas Vesalius
"I am not the first to see these truths, but the first to report them accurately."
Andreas Vesalius
B
"Truth lies in the observation of natural phenomena."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Truth cannot be inherited; it must be discovered."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"The eyes are the mirrors of natural truth."
Bernardino Telesio