When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead. – Robin Hobb
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. – Leo Tolstoy
Learn what is true in order to do what is right
Learn what is true in order to do what is right. – Thomas Huxley
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance. – W. Clement Stone
Every person must choose how much truth
Every person must choose how much truth he can stand. – Irvin D. Yalom
Every mind must make its choice between truth
Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth is so rare that it is delightful
Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. – Emily Dickinson
Truth is certainly a branch of morality and
Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. – Thomas Jefferson
There’s more beauty in truth, even if it is
There’s more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty. – John Steinbeck
Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes
Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good. – Henry Rollins
Whatever satisfies the soul is truth
Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. – Walt Whitman
Some people think that the truth can be
Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away. – Ismail Haniyeh
It is an occupational hazard that anyone
It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth. – Ally Carter
By doubting we are led to question
By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth. – Peter Abelard
A harmful truth is better than a useful
A harmful truth is better than a useful lie. – Thomas Mann
Once you eliminate the impossible
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. – Arthur Conan Doyle
There are few reasons for telling the truth
There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite. – Carlos Ruiz Zafón
A lie can travel half way around the world
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. – Charles Spurgeon
There are two ways to be fooled
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. – Soren Kierkegaard
The truth doesn’t always set you free
The truth doesn’t always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatly wrapped lies. – Jodi Picoult
