truth quotes

Buddha once said that the three things that cannot be hidden are 'the sun, the moon, and the truth'. We will hide nothing here and show you our complete, truly shining collection of quotes about truth. You can read them below.

“Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction. ”

— Lord Byron

“Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else. ”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance. ”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. ”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? ”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. ”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.”

— Sophocles

“How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth. ”

— Sophocles

“To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.”

— Victor Hugo

“There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie. ”

— Franz Kafka

“Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.”

— Franz Kafka

“Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

“Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.”

— Ovid

“Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.”

— Jean de La Fontaine

“A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.”

— Quentin Tarantino

“I'm not comfortable with just entertaining. Although I like entertaining, I also like bringing forward the truth of our times as minstrels used to in the old days.”

— Serj Tankian

“Usually we are saying only part of the truth.”

— Erno Rubik

“A lot of truth is said in jest. ”

— Eminem

“The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. ”

— Niels Bohr

“Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true. ”

— Niels Bohr

“There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true. ”

— Niels Bohr

“The truth is that sometimes it is hard even for me to recognize the Hillary Clinton that other people see. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“ There's no truth anymore. ”

— Johnny Depp

“All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie. ”

— Bob Dylan

“Here's the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I don't find it anywhere else. ”

— Bob Dylan

“All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords. ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot

“Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson