Quotes About Truth

Sin religión alguna de una Divinidad, jamás los hombres en nación se concertaron; y así comode cosas físicas, o sea de los movimientos de los cuerpos, no cabeciencia segura sin la guía de las verdades abstractas de la matemática, así no cabe en las cosas morales sin el aprecio de las verdades abstractas de la metafísica, y por tanto sin la demostración de Dios.

Nel paese della bugia, la verità è una malattia.

La natura è sleale, nella sua innocenza.

Certe cose succedono una volta sola. A dire la verità, poi, certe cose possono succedere solo nelle favole.

The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he can no longer distinguish the truth, within him or around him.

Il problema con i luoghi comuni è che, purtroppo, spesso dicono la verità. In modo grossolano, ma la dicono.

La verità è difficile da sopportare ed è per pochi

My grandfather often quoted it, and said that the rule of moral balance is the opposite of the behaviour described in that sentence. It means not lying to ourselves about the significance of, and the reasons for, what we do and what we don't do. It means not looking for justifications, not manipulating the account we make of ourselves to anyone, including ourselves.

Nel discorso di accettazione del Nobel che ho già ricordato, Nadine Gordimer evoca una frase di Gabriel García Márquez: "Il modo migliore in cui uno scrittore può servire la rivoluzione è scrivere il meglio che può". Senza imbrogli, senza scorciatoie, dicendo la verità.

Some people may not know the things that you hide about yourself. Yet, God will always know everything.

What you must know is that, there are those who know what you know. What you do not know is those who do not know what you know; and those who know what you do not know. But, you must know that God knows what you know and what you do not know.

the text explicitly denies the role of ultimate religious "truth" and "knowledge" in attaining personal peace.

Never let the truth become your enemy.

If I had your inhibitions", she went on, "we'd never get anywhere. As it is we've dragged one truth to light. If you were in Guy's position you mightn't allow yourself to be divorced because you really do believe in your heart of hearts that marriage is a sacrament." Honesty made him interrupt, "I feel it ought to be".

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.

There is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity.

Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.

A good novel tells you the truth about its hero but a bad novel tells you the truth about its author.

There is something to be said for every error but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.