Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

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

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

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

Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.