Truth Quotes
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There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.
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In the end, how much distance lies between the truth and what we believe to be true? Between the things we feel at one time and the things we end up doing?
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He was essentially a truth-speaking man, if only he know how to speak the truth.
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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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I want so badly to tell Her it’s going to be all right, that I’ll leave the band and forget this silly crusade. I want to tell Her that I am ready to settle for this life, that she is all I will ever need in the world, and that we’ll never be apart. I want to tell Her that I will protect Her forever. But none of that would be the truth. So I don’t say anything at all.
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Protecting people from the truth is another way of shutting them out.
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In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.
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Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking?
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I always like to vent and tell the truth in my music.
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People must talk. But they make you popular; that’s the truth.
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I am a passionate seeker after truth which is but another name for God.
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'A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It’s not easy once you’re out of the habit.'
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We have art in order not to die of the truth.
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The Church has ever proved indestructible. Her persecutors have failed to destroy her; in fact, it was during times of persecution that the Church grew more and more; while the persecutors themselves, and those whom the Church would destroy, are the very ones who came to nothing. . . .Again, errors have assailed her; but in fact, the greater the number of errors that have arisen, the more has the truth been made manifest. . . . Nor has the Church failed before the assaults of demons: for she is like a tower of refuge to all who fight against the Devil.
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A liking for truth at any cost is a passion that spares nothing and that nothing resists. It's a vice, at times a comfort, or a selfishness.
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See the truth, and you will see me.
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I think, to me, I always want to tell the truth. I never want to sugarcoat things. I've never been accused of pulling punches.
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Geometry draws the soul towards truth.
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Truth is only a question of point of view.
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The willingness to hear hard truth is vital not only for CEOs of big corporations but also for anyone who loves the truth. Sometimes the truth sounds like bad news, but it is just what we need.
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I try not to lie to people - the only way to control the way you're perceived is to tell the truth.
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I'm interested in taking hold of the dull truth narrative and finding inside it the transcendence and spirituality and hysteria normally associated with religion.
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Self-esteem comes quietly, like the truth.
