Quotes with truth

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  • Carla Bruni But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.
    Carla Bruni
    Italian-French singer-songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Alan Watts But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.
    Alan Watts
    English philosopher, priest and writer (1915 - 1973)
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  • Albert Pike But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
    Albert Pike
    American attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason (1809 - 1891)
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  • Lord George Byron But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • George Meredith Caricature is rough truth.
    George Meredith
    British Author (1828 - 1909)
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  • Adolf Loos Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even if it be hundreds of years old has a stronger inner bond with us than the lie that walks by our side.
    Adolf Loos
    Austrian and Czechoslovak architect (1870 - 1933)
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  • Clarence Darrow Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • Christopher Fry Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.
    Christopher Fry
    English poet and playwright (1907 - 2005)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Laurence J. Peter Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.
    Laurence J. Peter
    Canadian educator and hierarchiologist (1919 - 1990)
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  • John Donne Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies by any certain witnesses, nor judges. But as long as they go towards peace, that is Truth, it is no matter which way.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Blaise Pascal Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Lillian Hellman Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
    Lillian Hellman
    American playwright (1905 - 1984)
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  • Joaquin Miller Death is delightful. Death is dawn, the waking from a weary night of fevers unto truth and light.
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Peter Bechmann Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.
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  • Achille Poincelot Delicacy is the coquetry of truth; fastidiousness is the prudery of falsehood.
    Achille Poincelot
    French aphorism writer
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure system leads most people to believe in the truth of what it demonstrates.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Cass Sunstein Democrats pride themselves on their commitment to science. Citing climate change, they contend that they are the party of truth, while Republicans are 'denialists.' But with respect to genetically modified organisms, many Democrats seem indifferent to science, and to be practicing a denialism of their own - perhaps more so than Republicans.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Abraham H. Maslow Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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