Quotes About Truth

One may cover over secret actions, but to be silent on what all the world knows, and things which have had effects which are public and of so much consequence is an inexcusable defect.

I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether the things are so.

That philosopher who orders us to conceal ourselves and to care for no one but ourselves and who wishes us to remain unknown to others, wants us even less to be held in honour and glory by them. He also advised Idomeneus in no wise to govern his actions by reputation or by common opinion, except to avoid such incidental disadvantages as the contempt of men might bring him.10 Those words are infinitely true, in my opinion, and are reasonable.

Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.

The way of truth is one and artless: the way of private gain and success in such affairs as we are entrusted with is double, uneven and fortuitous. I

Estas empanadas de lugares comunes con que tantas personas economizan su estudio, apenas sirven para asuntos comunes, y solo para mostrarnos, no para conducirnos: fruto ridículo de la ciencia, que Sócrates censura tan graciosamente en Eutidemo. Yo

En az bildiÄŸimiz ÅŸeyler tanr?laÅŸmaya en elveriÅŸli olanlard?r. Onun içindir ki Yunanl?lar?n, biz insanlar? tanr?laÅŸt?rmalar?na bir türlü ak?l erdiremem.

The way of truth is one and artless; the way of private gain and success...is double, uneven, and fortuitous.' -On the Useful and the Honourable.

Biri ç?k?p bizim düÅŸüncemizin tersini söyledi mi, onun doÄŸru söyleyip söylemediÄŸine deÄŸil, doÄŸru yanl??, kendi düÅŸüncemizi savunmaya bakar?z. Bizi düzeltmek isteyene kollar?m?z? açacak yerde, yumruklar?m?z? s?k?yoruz.

El mundo vive engañado: con facilidad mayor se camina por los bordes, donde la extremidad sirve de límite, parada y guía, que por la senda de en medio, amplia y abierta; es más cómodo proceder conforme al arte que según la naturaleza, pero también es menos noble y menos recomendable.

I hail and caress truth in what quarter soever I find it, and cheerfully surrender myself, and open my conquered arms as far off as I can discover it; and, provided it be not too imperiously, take a pleasure in being reproved, and accommodate myself to my accusers, very often more by reason of civility than amendment, loving to gratify and nourish the liberty of admonition by my facility of submitting to it, and this even at my own expense.

For my part, I shall take care, if I can, that my death discover nothing that my life has not first and openly declared.

All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not the science of goodness.

There is a plague on Man: his opinion that he knows something.

Livet består av en del galskap, og en del visdom; den som bare skriver ærbødig og konvensjonelt, utelater mer enn halvparten.

Nichts wird so fest geglaubt wie das, was wir am wenigsten wissen.

Pain compels even the innocent to lie.

Lying is an accursed vice. It is only our words which bind us together and make us human.

It is not without good reason said, that he who has not good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying

Reassurance is such a sad, mad thing. Deep inside, everyone knows the truth.

Proof, once again, that reality was not objective, but always waiting to be reshaped and redefined by one's attitude.

Proof, once again, that reality was not objective, but always waiting to be reshaped and redefined by one's attitude.

Facts! Stick to the facts! That gets rid of 99 per cent of everything anyone's ever said or written, which cuts your homework down to a nice manageable size, doesn't it? Sniff out the truth!

Most true things are kind of corny, don't you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment. Simple truths with complicated clothes on. The only purpose of the linguistic dressing-up is so people won't look at the contents of our naked hears and minds and say "How naff.