Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
-Mark Twain
Quotations
Truth
Half a truth is often a great lie.
-Benjamin Franklin
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them.
-Jean Cocteau
Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organised; nor should any organisation be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path.
-J. Krishnamurti "J. Krishnamurti"
Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.
-Stephanie Klein
"Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir"
Through true devotional worship, they are attuned to Truth; at the True Door, they are found to be true. Blessed is their coming into being; they redeem all their ancestors.
-Sri Guru Granth Sahib "Guru Granth Sahib"
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
-Chief Joseph
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
-Maya Angelou
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advancement.
-Orville Wright
