Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
The happiness of society is the end of government.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
Love truth, but pardon error.
The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.
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.
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
To be honest, one must be inconsistent.
No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.
Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.
Peace begins with a smile..
I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.