Quotes About Veracity

It requires as much caution to tell the truth as to conceal it.

The defense to slander is the truth, and sometimes the truth hurts.

In this life, all we have is our savior and the honest word.

My veracity is dearer to me than my life, said the peasant; nor would I purchase the one by forfeiting the other.

You never monkey with the truth.

In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth.

At the end of the day, I believe truth is stronger than any lie that's out there.

I think it's fair to ask how truthful a film is as opposed to how factual it is.

Coll swung a glare on Kruppe. 'What outrageous lies have you uttered now?' The round man looked offended. 'Kruppe and the truth are lifelong partners, friend Coll! Indeed, wedded bliss – we only yesterday celebrated our fortieth anniversary, the mistress of veracity and I.

The idea of a memoir is to tell the truth. I know that often the truth hurts, but a lie hurts even more.

To be a liar, you've got to have a great memory, and I don't have a memory.

The process of dehuminazing the locals was under way, and it had very little to do with veracity. The Puritan narratives would continue that process and bring the devil into the mix. At least John Smith didn't think Satan was involved.

If I ever said in grief or pride, I tired of honest things, I lied.

The ultimate umpire of all things in life is - fact.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Be true, be true, be true.

Unlike his contemporary Sir John Mandeville, who, at least in later parts of his book, got away with the travel-literary equivalent of murder, Ibn Battuta's veracity was in the dock wherever he went.

The logical flaws and inconsistencies that riddled the tale, far from making him doubt its veracity finally convinced him that it might indeed be true; for life is like that.

All we can do is go around telling the truth.

If you would write the truth, you must first become the truth.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.