Hiding The Truth Quotes

• Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

  Confucius

  Motivational, Wisdom, Buddhist

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• Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Mind, Hiding

  Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

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• If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!

  Mark Twain

  Truth, Honesty, Memories

  Mark Twain, Classics HD (2015). “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: by Mark Twain (Illustrated and Unabridged)”, p.2, Classics HD

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• Language can be very adept at hiding the truth.

  Dan Brown

  Language, Hiding, Adept

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

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Witty, Being Yourself

  Intentions "The Critic as Artist" pt. 2 (1891)

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• Half of writing history is hiding the truth.

  Joss Whedon

  Truth, Writing, Firefly

  "Serenity". www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Cheating, Funny Inspirational

  Mark Twain (2010). “Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review”, p.43, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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• Simplicity is indeed often the sign of truth and a criterion of beauty.

  Mahlon Hoagland

  Simplicity, Simple Life, Criteria

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• If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

  Jesse Ventura

  Inspirational, Memories, Truth

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• Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.

  Alfred Nobel

  Spiritual, Truth, Veils

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

  Oscar Wilde

  Being Yourself, Truth, Honesty

  "The Critic as Artist". Book by Oscar Wilde, 1891.

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• Human relationships are about communicating. Business jargon should be banished in favor of simple English. Simplicity is a sign of truth and a criterion of beauty. Complexity can be a way of hiding the truth.

  Helena Rubinstein

  Simple, Simplicity, Jargon

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• There are lots of those who speak but few who do. However, no one should distort the word of God by his own negligence, but it is better to confess your own weakness, not hiding the truth of God, so that together with the breaking of the commandments you do not also appear guilty of an untrustworthy explanation of the word of God.

  Maximus the Confessor

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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