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.

“The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.” Leonardo da Vinci

“If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.” Pablo Picasso

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Jane Austen

“All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?” Friedrich Nietzsche

“Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.” Confucius

“The object of the superior man is truth.” Confucius

“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” Winston Churchill

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Thomas Jefferson

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.” Thomas Jefferson

“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.” Thomas Jefferson

“The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.” Thomas Jefferson

“I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.” Thomas Jefferson

“Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.” Thomas Jefferson

“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.” Andre Gide

“The color of truth is gray.” Andre Gide

“The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.” Franklin Roosevelt

“Men have forgotten this truth, said the fox. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” Antoine de Saint Exupery

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” Buddha

“In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.” Buddha

“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” Abraham Lincoln

“There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."” Abraham Lincoln

“It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.” Horace

“We are free to yield to truth.” Horace

“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.” Plato

“Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.” Plato

“Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor.” Coco Chanel

“Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.” Aristotle

“For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.” Aristotle

“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.” Aristotle

“Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.” Aristotle