Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"Life itself is the test of truth."Hippocrates
"The truth is bitter, but necessity knows no law."Pindar
"Truth is the foundation of all virtue."Pindar
"The light of truth shines eternal."Pindar
"A single observation, carefully recorded, is worth more than a thousand speculations."Hipparchus
"A single latitude and longitude can locate a place; a single observation can locate truth."Hipparchus
"A theory that contradicts observation is a theory that contradicts nature itself."Hipparchus
"To deny observation is to deny reality; to deny reality is to abandon reason."Hipparchus
"In the measurement of angles lies the geometry of truth."Hipparchus
"An oath is an end to dispute."Xenophon
"Words are the shadows of deeds."Xenophon
"Honesty is the best policy."Aesop
"The boy who cried wolf learned that lies have consequences."Aesop
"Better to be poor and honest than rich and dishonest."Aesop
"Do not attempt to hide the truth with lies."Aesop
"A lie travels around the world before the truth has a chance to put on its boots."Aesop
"What is the price of truth? Everything."Aesop
"The greatest deception is self-deception."Aesop
"Better a small certainty than a great deception."Aesop
"What you do in secret will be revealed in the light."Aesop
"All progress begins with honesty."Aesop
"Most people's judgments are determined by hate or love."Thucydides
"Ignorance is a matter of inconvenience, while a lie is a matter of character."Thucydides
"The absence of voices is consent."Thucydides
"Neither honey nor the honeybee for me."Sappho
"The heart beats as it will."Sappho
"In moments of silence, we hear the truth of our hearts."Sappho
"Betrayal is the only pain that cuts deeper than love itself."Sappho
"He who tells the truth will surely be cursed, but he will feel no pain."Herodotus
"The greatest deception is self-deception."Herodotus