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Truth Quotes - Page 52

The moment between before and after is called Truth.

Dainin Katagiri (2017). “Returning to Silence”, p.134, Shambhala Publications

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.

"Deep Throat Revealed: Ben Bradlee". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. June 2, 2005.

The commandment to refrain from placing blame on our parents, deeply imprinted in us by our upbringing, skillfully performs the function of hiding essential truths from us.

Alice Miller (2002). “For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence”, p.61, Macmillan

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

Letter to François-Joachim de Pierre, cardinal de Bernis, April 23, 1764.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

Tom Stoppard, Paul Delaney (1994). “Tom Stoppard in Conversation”, p.49, University of Michigan Press

In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.

Theodore Roosevelt (2016). “Theodore Roosevelt's Words of Wit and Wisdom”, p.16, Chartwell

The truth is always multiplex.

Samuel R. Delany (1977). “Empire star”, Macmillan Reference USA

Art remains the one way possible of speaking truth.

'The Ring and the Book' (1868-9) bk. 12, l. 838

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2016). “Essays”, p.49, Open Road Media