Quotes About Truth

Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion.

There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.

Men judge more from appearances than reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration. Everyone sees your exterior, but few can discern what you have in your heart.

A prince, therefore, ought always to take counsel, but only when he wishes and not when others wish; he ought rather to discourage every one from offering advice unless he asks it; but, however, he ought to be a constant inquirer, and afterwards a patient listener concerning the things of which he inquired; also, on learning that any one, on any consideration, has not told him the truth, he should let his anger be felt.

Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be— and are ruined.

Men in general judge more with the eye than with the hand, because everyone can see, but few can feel. Everyone sees what you seem to be, but few feel what you are. – Constantine translation

Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations

Men in general are as much affected by what a thing appears to be as by what it is, indeed they are frequently influenced more by appearances than by reality.

Everyone sees what you appear to be; few experience what you really are.

li quali non credano in verità le cose nuove, se non ne veggono nata una ferma esperienza.

Every one sees what you seem, but few know what you are, and these few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many who have the majesty of the State to back them up.

For a long time I have not said what I believed, nor do I ever believe what I say. And if sometimes I do happen to tell the truth, I hide it among so many lies that it is hard to find.

People in general judge more by the eyes than by the hands, for everyone can see, but few can feel. Everyone sees what you appear to be, few feel what you are.

The Prince' is bestrewn with truths that can be proved at every turn. Men are still the dupes of their simplicity and greed, as they were in the days of Alexander VI. The cloak of religion still conceals the vices which Machiavelli laid bare in the character of Ferdinand of Aragon. Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be—and are ruined. In politics there are no perfectly safe courses; prudence consists in choosing the least dangerous ones.

Every one sees what you seem, but few know what you are ...

Todos ven lo que pareces ser, mas pocos saben lo que eres.

Cada uno ve lo que pareces ser; pero pocos comprenden lo que eres realmente

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

PuÅ£ini v?d cum suntem într-adev?r, dar toÅ£i v?d ce ne prefacem c? suntem.

Ognuno vede quello che tu pari, pochi sentono quello che tu se

Artists who shared (Paul) Klee's fundamental beliefs, such as (Piet) Mondrian, were searching for universal truths, often derived from nature and having all-mighty power. For some, a traditional notion of God was part of this; for others, it was of no consequence. What mattered was not the precise character of the object of worship, but the shared belief in its superiority to the cult of self. (104)

Albers celebrated the way that color and line have no truth of their own; what matters is their perception, which depends on what is adjacent to them.

ahmo zan nikocitlewa, ahmo zan nikkocitta, amo zan niktemiki, ka ye onimitznottili, mistzinko onitlacis, 'I am not dreaming, not fantasising; for I have seen you, I have looked upon you.