Quotes on Saying The Truth

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

History, mythology, and folktales are filled with stories of people punished for saying the truth. Only the Fool, exempt from society's rules, is allowed to speak with complete freedom.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.

Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.