Quotes About Truth

my father became very Chinese then. He said, 'There's more beauty in the truth even if it is dreadful beauty. The storytellers at the city gate twist life so that it looks sweet to the lazy and the stupid and the weak, and this only strengthens their infirmities and teaches nothing, cures nothing, nor does it let the heart soar

I can tell all I want about them now because they are all dead and they won't resent the truth about themselves.

There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.

There's more beauty in the truth even if it is dreadful beauty. The storytellers at the city gate twist life so that it looks sweet to the lazy and the stupid and the weak, and this only strengthens their infirmities and teaches nothing, cures nothing, nor does it let the heart soar

She told the best lie of all—the truth.

Liza accepted the world as she accepted the Bible, with all of its paradoxes and its reverses. She did not like death but she knew it existed, and when it came it did not surprise her.

Lee's voice said, "I know that sometimes a lie is used in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost. That's a running sore.

Il vino aggiunge maiuscole e asterischi a un buon racconto... a una storia vera.

All of these years I've cheated Liza. I've given her an untruth, a counterfeit, and I've saved the best for those dark sweet hours. And now I could wish that she may have had some secret caller too. But I'll never know that. I think she would maybe have bolted her heart shut and thrown the key to hell.

To a criminal, honesty is foolish.

It is true that ordinarily her voice was shrill, her face hard and sharp as a hatchet, her figure lumpy, and her intentions selfish.

I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller. A story has in it neither gain nor loss. But a lie is a device for profit or escape.

There is more beauty in the truth even if it is dreadful beauty. The storytellers at the city gate twist life so that it looks sweet to the lazy and the stupid and the weak, and this not only strengthens their infirmity and teaches nothing, cures nothing, nor does it let the heart soar.

Usted ve lo que es, mientras que la mayor parte de la gente ve lo que espera ver

I try to write what seems to me true. If it isn't true for other people, then it isn't good art. But I've only my own eyes to see with. I won't use the eyes of other people.

Hay más belleza en la verdad, aunque sea una verdad terrible. Los narradores de historias de las ciudades falsean de tal manera la vida, que la hacen parecer dulce a los ojos de los perezosos, de los estúpidos y de los débiles, y eso sólo contribuye a reforzar sus flaquezas, sin enseñarles nada, ni hacerles el menor bien, ni engrandecer su corazón

It is astounding to find that the belly of every black and evil thing is as white as snow. And it is saddening to discover how the concealed parts of angels are leprous.

Ä°nan?lmayan bir doÄŸru adama bir yalandan çok daha fazla zarar verebilir. Zaman?m?z?n kabullenemeyeceÄŸi bir doÄŸruyu desteklemek büyük cesaret gerektirir. Bir cezas? vard?r, genellikle de çarm?ha gerilmektir bu ceza.

AÄŸz?nla söyleyemeyeceÄŸin bir ÅŸeyi, kaleme dayan?p yazmak neye yarar?

There was no subject she could not discuss with Lee. And the few things she could talk about to her father and mother were thin and pale and tired and mostly not even true. There Lee was different also, Abra wanted to tell Lee only true things even when she wasn't quite sure what was true.

most readers responded to the "surface story," trusting the tale rather than the teller. It is indeed this surface story that is the source of the novel's power

There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if it didn't necessarily happen.

Thank you for wanting to honor me with the truth, my son. It's not clever but it's more permanent.

Contemplate the workings of this world, listen to the words of the wise, and take all that is good as your own. With this as your base, open your own door to truth. Do not overlook the truth that is right before you.