Quotes About Truth

A boy of to-day is affected by every change of tone and gust of opinion, so that he lies even when he desires to speak the truth

If a man can hear the truth he's spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools..........

If you looked for demons around every corner, you would eventually find them. Real or imagined.

What would it profit us, after all, even from a purely practical viewpoint, if we stripped life of all poetry, all dreams, all beautiful mysteries, all lies? What is truth, can you tell me that? You see, we only advanced by way of symbols, and we change the symbols as we progress.

Hun var ikke fordærvet og han elsket hende Herrens meget; men hvad hjalp det? Gå hele livet og vite alt!

De sier hun er melle firti og femti, men hun er mindst seksti, ropte han, og er slikt menneskelig? Gå og vifte med næseborene akkruat som med kaninører når hun er i støvets år og alder.

Hvad vinding er det i grunden endog rent praktisk talt at man ribber livet for al poesi, al drøm, al skjøn mystik, al løgn? Hvad er sandhet, vet De det? Vi bevæger os jo frem bare gjennem symboler, og disse symboler skifter vi efterhvert som vi skrider frem. Lat os forresten ikke glemme glassene.

Mind you, they were not all that old, as people go. Suppose he was nineteen, that would make her a mere seventeen or so. Or if we were to tell the truth and say that he was only sixteen, that would make her still less—what age would that be? And there they stood.

Han måtte rehabilitere seg ved et bedrag; når han lot gjelde at han var som andre, at han var kommensurabel, så måtte jo stakkaren bruke sin egen målestokk og overtale seg til å tro på den. Han hadde kanskje sin lille lykke ved dette, han hadde iallfall ingen annen. Kunst altsammen altså? Kunst altsammen. Men intet dårlig kunstverk.

It's very simple: what are we gaining—excuse me if I'm repeating myself—what are we gaining by a pragmatism that robs our life of poetry, dreams, mysticism—are these all lies? What is truth? Can you tell me that? We can only struggle along by using symbols, and we change them as we alter our views. By the way, let's not neglect our drinks.

Die Wahrheit hat keinen Erfolg.

Wenn du weißt, behaupte, dass du es weißt. Und wenn du etwas nicht weißt, gib zu, dass du es nicht weißt. Das ist Wissen.

En la Naturaleza, la verdad supera en belleza a todo lo que puedan imaginar nuestros poetas, que son los únicos encantadores que existen.

There is no greater sin against the spirit of true art, no more contemptible dilettanism than to use artistic license as a specious cover for ignorance of fact.

Mortal, if there's one thing I've learned in all my years, it's this: lies are curses you place on yourself.

The first rule of being a mercenary? Find out what the client wants, then convince him that, a) you can get it for him, and, b) you're the ONLY one who can get it for him. Second rule? Lie. Often. The truth rarely serves you well in this business -Cadeon Woede, mercenary, second in line to the throne of the rage demons, a.k.a. Cade the Kingmaker

You once told me I was so good at this game because it's all I'll ever have.' The sadness in his voice had drawn me up short. 'Your words were true, though I didn't wish them to be. Not then. Or now.' I'd heard Aric enraged, playful, fierce, in pain, and in lust. I'd never heard this soft sadness before.

Admit it: you Photoshopped your carnates.

Mortal, if there's one thing I've learned in all my years, it's this: lies are curses you place

It's not my fault the truth and I are strangers—we were never properly introduced.

You look like utter hell," Circe told me. "I wish you'd stop sugar-coating things, Water Witch.

lies are curses you place on yourself.

If this is wrong, I don't want to be right.

Uh-huh," she said. He was beginning to recognize that was her way of indicating untruth.