It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
It isn’t the same thing. You may not be telling a lie, but you are also not telling the truth.[Ce n’est pas la même chose. Tu ne fais peut-être pas de mensonge, mais tu ne dis pas la vérité.]
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover seeds of truth.
It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of truth.
It is not always needful for truth to take a definite shape; it is enough if it hovers about us like a spirit and produces harmony; if it is wafted through the air like the sound of a bell, grave and kindly.
It is my belief, that the truth is generally preferable to lies.
It is as certain as it is strange that truth and error come from one and the same source. Thus it is that we are often not at liberty to do violence to error, because at the same time we do violence to truth.
It is an excellent thing to express a thing consecutively in two ways, and thus provide it with a right and a left foot. Truth can stand indeed on one leg, but with two she will walk and complete her journey.[Es ist gut, eine Sache sofort doppelt auszudrücken und ihr einen rechten und einen linken Fuss zu geben. Auf Einem Bein kann die Wahrheit zwar stehen; mit zweien aber wird sie gehen und herumkommen.]
Is it treason to say the truth? A bitter truth, but no less true for that.
In truth, it is not want, but rather abundance, that breeds avarice.[De vray, ce n’est pas la disette, c’est plustost l’abondance qui produict l’auarice.]
In truth, a mature man who uses hair-oil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere.
