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Truth is universal. Perception of truth is not.
As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH, The Vicar of Wakefield
Truth is on the march; nothing can stop it now.
EMILE ZOLA, manifesto, Le Figaro
If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.
FRANCES WRIGHT, Course of Popular Lectures
There is nothing as boring as the truth.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI, Notes of a Dirty Old Man
Serious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to John Jay, May 8, 1796
The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON, Lacon, or Many Things in Few Words
Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing.
BRUCE LEE, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Notes on Virginia
The truth is never dangerous. Except when told.
PHILIP MOELLER, Helena's Husband
You're never going to see the truth. [It's] what you're shooting for always and you always miss it. Every once in a while, you catch an edge of it. That's what's you hope for, I think, as an artist.
SAM SHEPARD, interview, 2005
- I tried to put a bird in a cage.
- O fool that I am!
- For the bird was Truth.
- Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
- Truth in a cage!
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS, The Fool's Song
- And the truth is cold, as a giant's knee
- Will seem cold.
JOHN ASHBERY, "A Last World"
The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
NADINE GORDIMER, "A Bolter and the Invincible Summer"
Truth is death to the portrait painter.
FRANCIS A. DURIVAGE, "The Career of an Artist"
The truth--a hideous spectacle!
CONRAD AIKEN, "Youth Penetrant"
We are too small, all but a few of us, to hold more than a little of the truth.
JOHN C. BAILEY, The Claims of French Poetry
When social forces press for the rejection of age-old Truth, then those who reject it will seek meaning in their own truth. These truths will rarely be Truth at all; they will be only collections of personal preferences and prejudices.
I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, letter to George E. Pickett, Feb. 22, 1841
- Give me truths;
- For I am weary of the surfaces,
- And die of inanition.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Blight
Truth has a way of waiting for us to come forth and confess the lies of our lives. It has a way of gazing at us until we can bear the look of truth no longer.
MACRINA WIEDERKEHR, Seasons of Your Heart
The Truth is inseparable from who you are. Yes, you are the Truth. If you look for it elsewhere, you will be deceived every time.
ECKHART TOLLE, A New Earth
Truth and myth can be impossibly deviate, but frequently still have a common starting point.
There is no religion higher than the truth.
MARK FROST, The List of Seven
There must be repressed truth even in lies.
STANISLAW IGNACY WITKIEWICZ, The Madman and the Nun
Truth travels slowly and gets weaker as it goes. Suitable lies are strong and run faster.
ARIANA FRANKLIN, Mistress of the Art of Death
Truth is the one thing in nature always consistent with itself, and it is the one guide given to us in steering on the ocean of fate.
ARTHUR LYNCH, Moods of Life
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