Quotes About Truth

I have heard what poets write about women. They rhyme and rhapsodize and lie. I have watched old sailors on the shore stare mutely at the slow-rolling swell of the sea. I have watched old soldiers with their hearts like leather grow teary-eyed at their king's colours stretched against the wind.

Of course," Kvothe said grandly. "Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That's why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack.

En resumen, una buena historia. Y si bien no era del todo cierta… bueno, al menos contenía parte de verdad. Diré, en mi defensa, que habría podido prescindir por completo de la verdad y haberles contado una historia mucho mejor. Las mentiras son más fáciles, y casi siempre tienen más sentido.

Bárbaros! —dijo enjugándose las lágrimas—. Se me había olvidado lo atrasados que sois. Mi rey poeta también era así. Tardó muchísimo en comprender la verdad: que existe una gran diferencia entre el pene y el corazón.

God, I never know how much to tell you people. If you don't believe me, you'll think I'm crazy. If you do believe me, you'll panic and be worse than useless.

You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere

Tõde ja see, mida me soovime tõde olevat, on erinevad asjad.

But only a fool claims there is no such thing as love.

There's no good story that doesn't touch the truth,

More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.

how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story.

I don't mind being called a liar. I am. I am a marvelous liar. But I hate being called a liar when I'm telling the perfect truth. Regardless

I have heard it from the mouths of the Edema Ruh, so I know it to be true.

Los secretos son la piedra angular de la civilización, y sé que tú tienes más que la mayoría de la gente. —Yo no creo que tenga secretos —lo contradije. Sim y Fela rompieron a reír a la vez. —Me temo que acabas de demostrar que Sim tiene razón —dijo Fela—. A mí me consta que tienes unos cuantos. —Y a mí también —dijo Sim.

I simply gave her my most charming smile. I'd already told her the truth of things: I was no gentleman. I was a thief.

It's like Teccam said, nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.

Secrets are the cornerstone of civilisation.

it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart. Any fool will spit out poison, he says, but we hoard these painful treasures. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. There they sit, growing heavier, festering. Given enough time, they cannot help but crush the heart that holds them.

Wilem tapped Simmon's shoulder. "He's telling the truth." Simmon glanced over at him. "Why do you say that?" "He sounds more sincere than that when he lies.

lo delgada que es la línea que separa la verdad de una mentira convincente. La línea que separa la historia de un relato entretenido.

So yes. It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love.

More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts.

Las historias reales pocas veces toman el camino más recto.

There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth." Vashet smiled lazily. "And if the pursuit of truth was my goal, that would concern me." She gave a long yawn, stretching like a happy cat. "Instead I will focus on the joy in my heart, the prosperity of the school, and understanding the Lethani. If I have time left after that, I will put it toward worrying on the truth.