Mark Twain Quotes About Truth
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn’t.
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
A half truth is a whole lie.
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Truth is like a torch; the more it is shook, the brighter it shines.
The truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.
Truth is the most valuable thing in the world, so keep it under lock and key.
When in doubt, tell the truth. It will confuse your enemies and amaze your friends.
Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us cling to it and fight for it.
The truth hurts, but lies hurt even more.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
If you don’t tell the truth, you can’t trust anyone.
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
To tell the truth, it’s the easiest lie to remember.
The truth is powerful and it always prevails.
Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
The truth may hurt for a little while, but lies hurt forever.
The truth doesn’t care about your feelings.
The truth is rarely welcome, especially when it’s inconvenient.
You can’t handle the truth!
The truth will always be the truth, even if no one believes it.
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose, and it will defend itself.
Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t going away.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
Truth is not determined by majority vote.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Sometimes, you have to tell a big enough lie to make the truth sound plausible.
The truth doesn’t always lie somewhere in the middle. Sometimes it lies on the side of justice and fairness.
It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what’s true.
Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.
When you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.