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