Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"Language fails us precisely where we most need it: in expressing love and loss."Julio Cortázar
"We are all unreliable narrators of our own lives, but that is precisely what makes us interesting."Julio Cortázar
"The body speaks truths that the mind refuses to acknowledge."Luis Cernuda
"Truth is the enemy of comfort."Luis Cernuda
"If I were to write about myself, I would do so without shame."Jorge Luis Borges
"Fictions are the highest form of truth."Jorge Luis Borges
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."Antonio Machado
"In every heart, there is a room; in every room, there is a door; and that door opens to truth."Antonio Machado
"To live authentically is to live according to your own inner truth."Juan Ramón Jiménez
"The truth sets us free, but first it often troubles us."Juan Ramón Jiménez
"The truth we seek is often the truth we already know in our hearts."Juan Ramón Jiménez
"A writer's duty is to tell the truth that others fear to speak."Rafael Alberti
"The heart knows truths that reason cannot reach."Rafael Alberti
"Truth is dangerous because it cannot be unlearned."Rafael Alberti
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."Miguel de Unamuno
"Nothing is practical if it is not true."Miguel de Unamuno
"The truth is that truth is often uncomfortable."Miguel de Unamuno
"Truth is the only luxury that cannot be stolen."Federico García Lorca
"The mirror lies about beauty but tells the truth about character."Federico García Lorca
"The wound that speaks is deeper than the silence that hides."Federico García Lorca
"La verdad es hija del tiempo"Francisco de Quevedo
"Busca la verdad y la verdad te hará libre"Francisco de Quevedo
"The mask of respectability hides our authentic selves."Luis Cernuda
"Truth is beautiful only when it costs us everything."Luis Cernuda
"Truth wears many faces; we recognize only those that flatter us."Luis Cernuda
"The truth is beautiful only because we have hidden it so long."Luis Cernuda
"Truth is a mirror we avoid because we fear what it reveals."Luis Cernuda
"I am, in fact, a skeptic who is not sure of his skepticism."Jorge Luis Borges
"The universe tends not to be intricate or subtle. It tends to be brutal and direct."Jorge Luis Borges
"No pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage-ground of truth."Jorge Luis Borges