Loyalty is a noble quality, so long as it is not blind and does not exclude the higher loyalty to truth and decency.
The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.
Truth, to be convincing, should be specific.
An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.
Truth's like a fire, and will burn through and be seen.
“Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.”
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.
Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life.
An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.
The hardest thing to teach young writers is that it's wonderful to tell your truth. And that's what you should do. But it damn well better be beautiful.
“Fiction is the great liar that tells the truth about how the world really lives.”
“fiction is the great lie that tells the truth”
Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.
The truth in you remains as radiant as a star, as pure as light, as innocent as love itself.
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.
“money distorts truth like a hippo in a thong.”
The human mind is a delusion generator, not a window to truth.
With few words, one can speak the truth.
Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.
I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.
Man can embody the truth but he cannot know it.
We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason ourselves into it.