Quotes About Truth

What makes all doctrines plain and clear?About two hundred pounds a year.And that which was proved true before,Prove false again? Two hundred more.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

He that imposes an oath makes it,Not he that for convenience takes it;Then how can any man be saidTo break an oath he never made?

God cannot alter the past, but historians can.

Truth is generally kindness, but where the two diverge and collide, kindness should override truth.

What makes all doctrines plain and clear- About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was prov'd true before Prove false again Two hundred more.

A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide.

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

Truth might be heroic, but it was not within the range of practical domestic politics.

It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

The world is naturally averse to all truth it sees or hears but swallows nonsense and a lie with greediness and gluttony.

I do not greatly care whether I have been right or wrong on any point, but I care a good deal about knowing which of the two I have been.

Der Unterschied zwischen Gott und einem Historiker: Gott kann die Vergangenheit nicht ändern.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case. God has written all the books.

It has been said that though God cannot alter the past, historians can; it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. —Chinese Proverb

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to hold out the light of reason, whatever it may discover; and to promulgate the determinations of truth, whatever she shall dictate

Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.