Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"To dedicate one's life to beauty is to dedicate it to truth."Raphael Sanzio
"The pursuit of truth requires the courage to question everything, even authority itself."Niccolò Copernicus
"The truth, though simple, requires courage to speak and wisdom to hear."Niccolò Copernicus
"In the silence of observation lies the loudest truth."Niccolò Copernicus
"Words spoken against the truth return empty; truth needs no defense."Niccolò Copernicus
"To defend a lie is to wage war against the future."Niccolò Copernicus
"In the realm of ideas, truth is the ultimate authority."Niccolò Copernicus
"To defend what one knows to be false is spiritual death."Niccolò Copernicus
"The truth is not cruel; only the suppression of truth creates cruelty."Niccolò Copernicus
"He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is to profit by it."Michel de Montaigne
"Since the face is the image of the mind, and eyes are its interpreters."Michel de Montaigne
"The printer's vocation is to multiply truth, not to diminish it."Johannes Gutenberg
"What is printed widely becomes difficult to suppress or deny."Johannes Gutenberg
"The nearer people approach to the truth, the simpler they become."Desiderius Erasmus
"A man's gait is an index of his nature."Desiderius Erasmus
"Better to lose an eye than to lose the truth."Desiderius Erasmus
"A liar should have a good memory."Desiderius Erasmus
"In the pursuit of truth, we must be willing to question even our most cherished beliefs."Thomas More
"A man who builds his life on lies constructs a house on shifting sand."Thomas More
"The truth-teller will always have fewer friends than the flatterer."Thomas More
"Truth requires courage to speak and wisdom to understand."Giordano Bruno
"Truth is not given; it is discovered."Giordano Bruno
"A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity."Baltasar Gracián
"Make your word your bond; let it be unquestionable."Baltasar Gracián
"Self-deception is the most dangerous of all deceits."Baltasar Gracián
"Truth in art cannot be forced; it must emerge naturally from genuine observation and feeling."Raphael Sanzio
"To create with integrity is to build a bridge between your inner truth and the world."Raphael Sanzio
"Truth sits at the bottom of the well, patient for those who dare to look."Niccolò Copernicus
"Truth requires no crown; it sits secure in its own necessity."Niccolò Copernicus
"Those who cannot be refuted are always right."Desiderius Erasmus