category-Truth Quotes
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
Henry Louis Mencken
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth
Oscar Wilde
A lie is just the truth waiting to be itself.
Terri Guillemets
Respect for the truth is an acquired taste.
Mark Van Doren
Truth is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it
Emily Dickinson
A half truth is a whole lie.
Yiddish Proverb
The more any man is in the contemplation of truth, the more fairer and firmer impression is made upon his heart by truth.
Thomas Brooks
How ironical that it is by means of speech that man can degrade himself below the level of dumb creation -- for a chatterbox is truly of a lower category than a dumb creature.
Soren Kierkegaard
Truth is simple. They who say that truth is complicated deceive themselves, and the truth is not in them.
Henri Barbusse
Truth, as Bergson knew, is a hard apple, whether one is throwing it or catching it.
Donald Barthelme
Truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not shew the masks and mummeries and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candlelights.
Francis Bacon
Loving truth and living honestly is my attitude to life. Be true to yourself and be true to others, thus you can be the judge of your behavior.
Li Yaotang
The experiences which drugs induce are as far removed from Reality as is a mirage, from water. No matter how much you pursue the mirage, you will never quench your thirst, and the search for Truth through drugs must end in disillusionment.
Meher Baba
Those who call us terrorists wish to prevent world public opinion from discovering the truth about us and from seeing the justice on our faces. They seek to bide the terrorism and tyranny of their acts, and our own posture of self-defence.
Yasser Arafat
