Truth Quotes

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

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"Truth hides in plain sight for those who observe."
Bernardino Telesio
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"Truth is discovered, not invented."
Bernardino Telesio
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"Observation without prejudice reveals all truths."
Bernardino Telesio
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"The truth of nature surpasses all human philosophy."
Bernardino Telesio
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"Nature never lies; only interpreters mislead."
Bernardino Telesio
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"Truth emerges from careful, patient observation."
Bernardino Telesio
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"All truth comes from the observation of what is."
Bernardino Telesio
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"Truth is written in the language of nature."
Bernardino Telesio
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"Truth cannot be disputed when clearly observed."
Bernardino Telesio
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"Truth flourishes where observation is valued."
Bernardino Telesio
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"There is nothing in the world that has no evil in it."
Paracelsus
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"The proof of the pudding is in the eating."
Paracelsus
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"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
Paracelsus
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"Good is often invisible, as is evil."
Paracelsus
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"Words are but the shadows of deeds."
Paracelsus
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"The truth, though bitter, nourishes us more than sweet lies."
Edward Wotton
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"A man who knows himself is a man who need not fear the judgment of others."
Cosimo de Medici
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"The painted lie is still a lie, though it wear the garments of art."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"The voice of conscience is the voice of God, heard in silence."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"The tongue of the truthful cuts deeper than any sword."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"The enemy of my soul wears a friendly face."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"The light of truth cannot be hidden under a bushel."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"Truth hides itself from those who do not seek with pure intent."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"Man can embody truth, but he cannot know it."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"There is nothing in the universe except atoms and the void; all else is merely opinion."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"The truth is like a lion; you do not have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
Nicodemus Copernicus
"We must strip away the errors of those who came before us to find truth."
Andreas Vesalius
"The scalpel reveals what words cannot hide."
Andreas Vesalius
"Prejudice is the enemy of discovery."
Andreas Vesalius
"Ignorance wrapped in authority is still ignorance."
Andreas Vesalius