Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"The untold story is a form of injustice."Alcides Arguedas
"The absurd is the only truth that doesn't require justification."Fernando Vallejo
"The only truth is that all truths are partial and self-serving."Fernando Vallejo
"Poverty of spirit is worse than poverty of money."Ciro Alegría
"A writer's duty is to tell the truth, even when it is uncomfortable"Mario Vargas Llosa
"The writer must be willing to alienate readers in pursuit of truth"Mario Vargas Llosa
"Intellectual honesty requires admitting what we do not know"Mario Vargas Llosa
"Why do you insist on talking about things that do not exist?"Gabriel García Márquez
"In this world, only death is certain."Gabriel García Márquez
"Truth is a river; it cannot be dammed, only delayed."Jorge Isaacs
"Time reveals what falsehood conceals."Tomás Carrasquilla
"The pursuit of truth is the only pursuit worth dying for."Tomás Carrasquilla
"Every word is a lie dressed up as truth."Fernando Vallejo
"The truth is always uglier than the lie we construct."Fernando Vallejo
"The truth is often more absurd than fiction."Juan Carlos Onetti
"Truth is often too bitter to swallow."Juan Carlos Onetti
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself"Rodolfo Walsh
"The pursuit of truth is the highest calling"Rodolfo Walsh
"The voice of truth cannot be silenced forever"Rodolfo Walsh
"Truth is revolutionary in a world of lies"Rodolfo Walsh
"To write truthfully about suffering is an act of courage that demands unflinching honesty."Alcides Arguedas
"Words have power only when they are backed by the courage to live them."Alcides Arguedas
"To know injustice and do nothing is to become injustice."Alcides Arguedas
"To speak truth to power requires not courage alone, but moral clarity."Alcides Arguedas
"We are all monsters, but the real monsters are those who refuse to acknowledge their own darkness."Ernesto Sabato
"Truth is the most dangerous enemy of those in power."Ernesto Sabato
"In the margins of society, truth reveals itself."Haroldo Conti
"The truth lives in the spaces between words."Haroldo Conti
"Truth is uncomfortable; comfort is the enemy of truth."Haroldo Conti
"The truth is that I know very few things with certainty, and almost everything surprises me."Gabriel García Márquez