Truth Quotes

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

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"Truth is the beginning of wisdom."
Martial
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"Truth is stranger than fiction."
Martial
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"Truth is the highest virtue and the foundation of all justice."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Truth will always emerge from beneath layers of deception."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Men willingly believe what they wish."
Suetonius
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"The truth will set you free."
Suetonius
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"No man ever suddenly became wicked, but he first made small departures from virtue."
Plutarch
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"The testimony of a few trusted voices is stronger than the opinion of the masses."
Plutarch
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"For to err in opinion, though not in deed, is to some extent pardonable."
Plutarch
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"The most injured women are those who begin by deceiving themselves about their own virtue."
Plutarch
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"Truth is powerful and it prevails."
Tacitus
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"The pursuit of truth is the greatest human endeavor."
Tacitus
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"Honesty is praised and left to starve."
Juvenal
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"Better to stumble with the truth than stand firm with a lie."
Juvenal
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"The greatest enemy of truth is not falsehood, but indifference."
Juvenal
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"The ugly truth is more beautiful than a beautiful lie."
Juvenal
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"The crowd is untruth."
Horace
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"Things that are not true are easier to believe."
Horace
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"Your word is your bond; guard it with your life."
Horace
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"Truth may be uncomfortable, but it is always necessary."
Martial
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"Truth spoken with compassion wounds less deeply."
Martial
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"The mind that is wise is not the one that doubts all things, but the one that carefully investigates the truth."
Livy
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"In every concealment there is also a disclosure."
Pliny the Younger
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"The most important thing is to be sincere with yourself."
Pliny the Younger
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"Truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it, let it loose."
Pliny the Younger
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"The pursuit of truth requires us to examine not only what we wish to believe, but what we fear to discover."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"The marketplace of ideas, like all marketplaces, is vulnerable to fraud and deception."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Words are the currency of the dishonest."
Suetonius
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"The pursuit of truth requires the courage to face uncomfortable realities."
Suetonius
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"A legacy built on lies crumbles faster than one built on truth."
Suetonius