Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"What is visible is merely the shadow of what is truly real."Anaximenes
"In the marketplace of ideas, only truth survives the test of reason."Anaximenes
"The fundamental error is to separate mind from matter, spirit from substance."Anaximenes
"What is impious is to lie"Empedocles
"The truth needs no ornament"Empedocles
"The pursuit of truth is the noblest work"Empedocles
"What is, is. What is not, is not."Parmenides
"You cannot know what is not."Parmenides
"The path of persuasion accompanies truth."Parmenides
"It is necessary to speak and think what is."Parmenides
"The real world is one, eternal, and immutable."Parmenides
"The road of night is a false path."Parmenides
"Truth is eternal; falsehood is temporary."Parmenides
"The path of truth is narrow and straight."Parmenides
"The world of sense is a world of illusion."Parmenides
"Reality is radically different from appearance."Parmenides
"The world of becoming is fundamentally illusory."Parmenides
"What is, is exactly what it is."Parmenides
"The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities"Sophocles
"A lie travels round the world while truth is putting on her boots"Sophocles
"In time all secrets are made known."Euripides
"Speech is a mirror of the soul."Euripides
"The tongue speaks what the heart knows."Euripides
"The price of truth is often a lonely path."Euripides
"Mortals are foolish who believe they see truth with their eyes; the mind must interpret all perception."Empedocles
"Every perception is both true and false; truth requires the integration of all perspectives."Empedocles
"A man may break a word with you, but keep his bond with himself."Aristophanes
"When the seed is cracked, the plant emerges; when certainty cracks, truth emerges."Aristophanes
"The most direct path is often the longest because it requires the most honesty."Aristophanes
"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."Frankie Boyle