“Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind.”
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“Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.”
“Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.”
“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.”
“Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.”
“A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.”
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”
“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.”
“Tell the children the truth.”
“Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.”
“A lot of truth is said in jest.”
“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered the point is to discover them.”
“Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.”
“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.”
“Light is the symbol of truth.”
“All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.”
“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”
“Only enemies speak the truth friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.”
“My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.”
“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.”
“The truth is more important than the facts.”
“Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.”
“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.”
“People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.”