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 foundation upon which all justice must rest."Tacitus
"Truth may be veiled, but it cannot be hidden forever."Martial
"Truth is simple; lies are complicated."Martial
"The only certainty is that nothing is certain."Pliny the Elder
"Truth is the daughter of time."Pliny the Elder
"In every concealment there is also a disclosure."Pliny the Elder
"The fault is great when the doctor becomes the patient's accomplice."Horace
"I have not written as a man thinks, but as a man acts."Horace
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."Horace
"Men are more inclined to believe what they wish to be true than what the evidence shows."Livy
"Loyalty to one's country must never compromise one's commitment to truth."Livy
"To write history requires the courage to tell uncomfortable truths."Livy
"The facts of history, once established, become immovable monuments to truth."Livy
"The annals of Rome should teach all nations that power is temporary but truth is eternal."Livy
"History is not a collection of stories, but a mirror in which nations see themselves."Livy
"An honest man is the noblest work of God."Pliny the Younger
"Words once spoken cannot be recalled; choose them with care."Pliny the Younger
"Those who speak the truth are often its loneliest advocates."Pliny the Younger
"The light of truth is brighter than any lamp."Pliny the Younger
"The greatest deception is not in what men do, but in what they believe about themselves."Suetonius
"The truth is often drowned out by the thunder of lies."Suetonius
"Time has a way of exposing what flattery conceals."Suetonius
"A lie repeated often enough becomes the accepted truth."Suetonius
"The truth may take time to emerge, but it shall emerge nonetheless."Suetonius
"A lie may travel around the world before truth has put on its boots."Suetonius
"The greatest deception is the deception we practice upon ourselves."Suetonius
"In the pursuit of truth, we must be willing to abandon comfortable falsehoods."Ammianus Marcellinus
"Those who flee from the truth are destined to be forever chased by it."Ammianus Marcellinus
"In observing human nature, one finds that vice wears the mask of virtue."Ammianus Marcellinus
"The measure of truth is not agreement with the majority, but correspondence with reality."Ammianus Marcellinus