Truth Quotes

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

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"Facts are stubborn things."
Livy
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"Truth is the daughter of time."
Livy
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"Truth needs no eloquence to support it."
Livy
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"Honesty is the best policy"
Cato the Elder
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"A man's word is his bond"
Cato the Elder
C
"Truth is like water; it always finds a way to surface"
Cato the Elder
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"The sting of a reproach is the truth of it."
Horace
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"A liar should have a good memory."
Horace
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"The cruelest lies are often told in silence."
Horace
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"The pursuit of truth requires the courage to question everything."
Diocletian
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"A man's word is his bond; break it and lose everything."
Diocletian
D
"Truth is like a river; it finds its path despite all obstacles."
Diocletian
D
"In silence, we hear the voice of truth."
Diocletian
D
"The pursuit of truth requires the humility to admit what we don't know."
Diocletian
C
"The pursuit of truth requires the courage to question all things."
Constantine I
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"Truth is bitter to those who prefer comfortable lies."
Constantine I
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"Truth is the pillar of justice."
Septimius Severus
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"The pursuit of truth is noble."
Septimius Severus
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"Honor thy oath above all."
Septimius Severus
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"Truth has no need of embellishment; simplicity is its greatest strength."
Pliny the Elder
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"Truth discovered by personal effort bears more weight than truth merely received."
Pliny the Elder
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"I prefer the company of honest poverty to the embrace of corrupt luxury."
Cato the Younger
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"The truth needs no ornament; it stands magnificent in its simplicity."
Cato the Younger
C
"The voice that speaks for truth in the face of falsehood is the voice that echoes through eternity."
Cato the Younger
C
"A man's word is his bond, or he is a bond-breaker in all things."
Cato the Younger
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"The measure of a man's worth is found in his deeds, not his words."
Cato the Elder
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"Silence, when truth is suppressed, makes one complicit in evil."
Cato the Elder
C
"The tongue of a truthful man needs no defense."
Cato the Elder
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"A single act of integrity outweighs a hundred promises."
Cato the Elder
C
"The marketplace rewards not the loudest voice, but the most honest."
Cato the Elder