As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, What is truth?

Whately, Richard

22.

The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Herbert Agar

23.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

Bismarck, Otto Von

24.

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

Borne, Ludwig

25.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

Sir Winston Churchill

26.

This does not make the authors of those narratives liars; it makes them servants of fallible human memory and perception.

Tom Bissell

27.

Though I can make my extravaganzas appear credible, I cannot make the truth appear so.

Shaw, George Bernard

28.

Truth and virtue conquer.

Motto

29.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

30.

In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.

Jerrold, Douglas William

31.

Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.

Gide, Andre

32.

Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it.

Pascal, Blaise

33.

True, what you sacrifice for the world is but poorly recognized by it; for it is man that rules and reaps the harvest; the thousand night watches and sacrifices by which a mother secures the state a hero or a poet are forgotten, not even mentioned, for the mother herself does not mention them, and so one century after another do the wives, unknown and unrewarded send forth the arrows, the starts the storm-birds and the nightingales of time.

Richter, Jean Paul

34.

One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by all thinking creatures, and one truth.

Aurelius, Marcus

35.

Truth never hurts the teller.

Browning, Robert

36.

The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.

Pancoast, Mal

37.

What is, is; and what ain't, ain't

Granville, Joseph E.

38.

I have done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.

West, Jessamyn

39.

Truth is not determined by majority vote.

Gwyn, Doug

40.

Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.

Bach, Richard

41.

Against my soul's pure truth why labour you to make it wander in an unknown field?

William Shakespeare

42.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth,and it goes away. Puzzling.

Pirsig, Robert M.

43.

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

Darrow, Clarence

44.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

Einstein, Albert

45.

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

Prentice, George D.

46.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water.

Cervantes, Miguel De

47.

People deserve... the truth. They deserve honesty. The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

Springsteen, Bruce

48.

That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful.

Anderson, Sherwood

49.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live the best life that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right and part from him when he goes wrong.

Lincoln, Abraham

50.

Of course, it is the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

Thatcher, Margaret