Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true."Ulysses S. Grant
"The truth will always outlast any lie, no matter how well told."Ulysses S. Grant
"To understand your enemy, you must first understand yourself without illusion."Alfred von Schlieffen
"A map drawn in the moment of battle is more truthful than the most detailed plan drawn in peace."Alfred von Schlieffen
"The truth of a situation emerges not from its telling but from its outcome."Alfred von Schlieffen
"Believe nothing you hear, and half of what you see."Arthur Wellesley
"I prefer a man who is loyal to the truth than one who is loyal to me."Arthur Wellesley
"Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light."Arthur Wellesley
"A man's true measure is revealed in times of crisis."Helmuth von Moltke
"The world judges us by our actions, not our intentions."Napoléon III
"The truth has a power that no lie can ever match."Napoléon III
"A moment of truth reveals the mettle of a man's character."Napoléon III
"I have always observed that whatever I have found to be true and right I must do, regardless of the consequences."Robert E. Lee
"The principles which I have endeavored to maintain throughout my life are more precious to me than life itself."Robert E. Lee
"The true test of character comes in moments when no one is watching."Robert E. Lee
"I have always endeavored to conduct the affairs of this office with strict integrity."William Tecumseh Sherman
"The honest truth is the best policy in the long run."William Tecumseh Sherman
"Truth will prevail in the end."William Tecumseh Sherman
"I have always valued integrity above all else."William Tecumseh Sherman
"The truth is the best vindication against slander."Ulysses S. Grant
"I am a believer in the old maxim that 'honesty is the best policy.'"Ulysses S. Grant
"I am glad to see that in the efforts to discover the truth we are both sincere."Ulysses S. Grant
"I have always found that those who are honest suffer the least."Ulysses S. Grant
"The greatest enemy of truth is complacency."Ulysses S. Grant
"A nation that values truth will always prevail."Ulysses S. Grant
"In all my communications I have been strictly truthful."Horatio Nelson
"The measure of a man lies in what he does when no one is watching."Robert E. Lee
"The truth, however difficult, is always preferable to comfortable falsehood."Robert E. Lee
"A promise kept is worth more than a thousand promises made."Napoléon III
"To speak truth to power is an act of profound courage."Napoléon III