One must accept truth. It’s no good basing your life on a lie because it’s what you want to believe.
Nothing is beautiful, except man: all aesthetics rest on this naivete, it is their first truth. Let us straightway add the second: nothing is ugly, except degenerating man; — the domain of aesthetic judgment is thereby limited.
Nothing in the world is harder than speaking the truth and nothing easier than flattery.[Нет ничего в мире труднее прямодушия, и нет ничего легче лести.]
Not when the truth is filthy, but when it is shallow, doth the discerning one go unwillingly into its waters.
No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.
New truth is often uncomfortable, especially to the holders of power; nevertheless, amid the long record of cruelty and bigotry, it is the most important achievement of our intelligent but wayward species.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.
My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth.
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.
Man is always a prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.
Lying is a delightful thing for it leads to the truth.[Bранье дело милое, потому что к правде ведет.]
Love of truth shows itself in this, that a man knows how to find and value the good in everything.
