983 quotes found
“Don't be consistent but be simply true.”
“Rough work iconoclasm but the only way to get at the truth.”
“When one has no design but to speak plain truth he may say a great deal in a very narrow compass.”
“For my part whatever anguish of spirit it may cost I am willing to know the whole truth - to know the worst and provide for it.”
“Some people handle the truth carelessly Others never touch it at all.”
“Truth for him was a moving target he never aimed for the bull and rarely pierced the outer ring.”
“Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery and every truth easily becomes a lie.”
“No one can bar the road to truth and to advance its cause I'm ready to accept even death.”
“He who when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.”
“As scarce as truth is the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
“I speak the truth not so much as I would but as much as I dare and I dare a little more as I grow older.”
“Between whom there is hearty truth there is love.”
“Everything has to be taken on trust truth is only that which is taken to be true. It's the currency of living. There may be nothing behind it but it doesn't make any difference so long as it is hon...”
“One truth discovered one pang of regret at not being able to express it is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.”
“There are truths that are not for all men nor for all times.”
“Peace if possible but truth at any rate.”
“There's such a thing as moderation even in telling the truth.”
“We shall return to proven ways - not because they are old but because they are true.”
“If you are out to describe the truth leave elegance to the tailor.”
“I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.”
