Quotes About Truth

Everyone knows one story, I thought. Everyone knows at least one.

What is a whore?" Unsurprisingly, that hadn't been one of the words we had shared over the last span of days. For half a moment I considered lying, but there was no way I could manage it. "He says your mother is a person men pay money to have sex with." Tempi turned back to the mercenary and nodded graciously. "You are very kind. I thank you.

Has deducido una verdad universal: la realidad suele ser injusta.

Por eso nos gustan las historias. Nos ofrecen la claridad y la sencillez de que carece nuestra vida real.

She tried to slide it back to proper true, but couldn't see the shape of it and couldn't tell the way of things and if it was a place where it was right.

no podía saber esa verdad que resultaba tan obvia a todos los que habían nacido y habían crecido en aquel pueblecito: las historias se contaban allí, pero sucedían en algún otro sitio.

Las mejores mentiras son las sencillas

As my father used to say: "Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.

Contrary opinions are one thing, contrary facts are another.

Pero no basta con querer algo para que sea verdad.

Las respuestas siempre eran importantes, pero raramente eran fáciles

There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.

Dice la verdad. Simmon lo miró. -¿Por qué lo dices? -Suena más sincero que cuando miente.

No hay nada en el mundo más difícil que convencer a alguien de una verdad desconocida.

But you of all people should realize how thin the line between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story." Chronicler gave his words a minute to sink in. "You know which will win, given time.

Me dices siempre unas mentiras maravillosas.

All stories are true," Skarpi said. "But this one really happened,

and he was absolutely not a selas sort.

No es lo mismo la verdad que lo que desearíamos que fuera verdad.

Los hechos pequeños nos llevan al gran conocimiento -recitó-. De igual modo, los nombres pequeños nos llevan a los grandes nombres.

Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.

Do you know many stories?" He smiled, and the network of lines that crossed his face turned to make themselves part of that smile. "I only know one story. But oftentimes small pieces seem to be stories themselves.

Generalmente, el miedo proviene de la ignorancia.

There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth.