Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.

The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.

If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

It takes a certain ingenuous faith- but I have it -to believe that people who read and reflect more likely than not come to judge things with liberality and truth.

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.

Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.

It is not truth that matters, but victory

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

It is not worthy of a speaker of truth to curse people.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.

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

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.