Truth Quotes

"Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths?" ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken. ~ Emma by Jane Austen "Truth is like a thrashing-machine; tender sensibilities must keep out of the way." ~ The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges. ~ Billy Budd by Herman Melville Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. ~ The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli After all, the true seeing is within. ~ Middlemarch by George Eliot The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter–often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter–in the eye. ~ Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte It may, indeed, be assumed that a man who loses his temper while he is speaking is endeavouring to speak the truth such as he believes it to be, and again it may be assumed that a man who speaks constantly without losing his temper is not always entitled to the same implicit faith. ~ Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope You'll find truth in your looking glass, not on the tongues of men. ~ A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found. ~ A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin