Truth Quotes

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

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"Truth in medicine is an unattainable goal, but we must strive for it always."
Hippocrates
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"The pursuit of truth requires letting go of comfortable assumptions."
Hippocrates
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"Build your life on the foundation of truth, for all else crumbles."
Pindar
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"In the marketplace of ideas, let truth be your most valuable currency."
Pindar
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"Truth may be unwelcome, but it is the only foundation worth building upon."
Pindar
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"The soul of man is revealed not in his words but in his actions."
Xenophon
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"A promise broken once will never be believed again."
Xenophon
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"To speak truth in a time of falsehood is an act of rebellion."
Xenophon
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"The greatest betrayal is the betrayal of one's own principles."
Xenophon
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"To be honest is to be vulnerable; to be vulnerable is to be human."
Xenophon
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"A deed done in secret cannot remain secret forever."
Xenophon
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"The death of illusions is the birth of truth."
Xenophon
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"The injuries we do and the injuries we receive are seldom weighed on the same scales."
Aesop
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"Appearances are deceptive."
Aesop
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"Better an honest enemy than a false friend."
Aesop
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"The greater the truth, the greater the libel."
Aesop
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"Honest error is to be preferred to deliberate deception."
Aesop
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"Nothing occurs at random; all events have a cause."
Leucippus
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"The atoms themselves are unchangeable and eternal."
Leucippus
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"Truth exists beyond human convention."
Leucippus
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"Truth is discovered, not invented."
Leucippus
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"Truth requires penetrating beyond convention."
Leucippus
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"Nothing exists without a material cause."
Leucippus
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"Seek natural causes, not supernatural explanations."
Leucippus
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"Necessity binds atoms in patterns and laws."
Leucippus
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"Truth is found in the atomic realm, not appearance."
Leucippus
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"Truth transcends human opinion and convention."
Leucippus
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"Truth is discovered in the atomic depths of nature."
Leucippus
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"The victor will never be asked if he told the truth."
Thucydides
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"It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man that makes us believe the oath."
Thucydides