Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"What matters is not the form but the substance of things."Italo Calvino
"The danger of narrative is the danger of believing in a single story."Italo Calvino
"What we seek in the cities is hidden."Italo Calvino
"There is no heresy in asserting a fact."Italo Calvino
"What cannot be said can only be shown."Italo Calvino
"The greatest betrayal is not to betray others, but to betray the person you promised yourself to become."Elsa Morante
"The face of truth is often so grotesque that we prefer the comfort of beautiful lies."Elsa Morante
"To betray oneself is perhaps the greatest sin"Italo Svevo
"We deceive ourselves more than others ever could"Italo Svevo
"The greatest betrayal is self-betrayal"Italo Svevo
"The world rewards those who lie most convincingly"Italo Svevo
"Truth wears many masks, but we recognize only one"Italo Svevo
"The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything."Cesare Pavese
"The worst thing one can do with words is surrender to them."Cesare Pavese
"We build walls around our hearts and call it wisdom."Dino Buzzati
"Truth is often less comfortable than the lies we've grown attached to."Dino Buzzati
"Truth is the foundation upon which all else must be built."Gabriele D'Annunzio
"Truth will always prevail in the end."Gabriele D'Annunzio
"Semiotics is about lying"Umberto Eco
"Truth is hidden beneath layers of interpretation"Umberto Eco
"Truth cannot be hidden forever."Giosue Carducci
"Truth shines brightest in the darkest times."Giosue Carducci
"The pursuit of truth is the highest calling."Giosue Carducci
"Truth often wears the mask of beauty."Gabriele D'Annunzio
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."Giovanni Verga
"Truth cannot be hidden forever; it always emerges."Giovanni Verga
"Truth spoken with love causes no harm."Giovanni Verga
"The more you describe things, the more you distance yourself from them."Italo Calvino
"Truth is often stranger and more beautiful than fiction."Italo Calvino
"We are all affected by a disease of the soul called self-deception."Italo Svevo