Truthful Quotes

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  In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.

  Ernst Fischer

  Change, Art, Society

  Ernst Fischer, Anna Bostock (1978). “The necessity of art: a Marxist approach”, Puffin

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• If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion or jealousy.

  Dalai Lama

  People, Honest, Suspicion

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• A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Education, Truth

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.485, Courier Corporation

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• The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

  Frederick Douglass

  Honesty, Integrity, War

  Speech on the twenty-third anniversary of emancipation in the District of Columbia,Washington, D.C., Apr. 1885

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• Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

  George Orwell

  Witty, Peace, Truth

  "Politics and the English Language" (1946)

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• Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fearless, Inspire, Live Free

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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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• Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.

  Publilius Syrus

  Pain, Speak, Force

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 232, 1856.

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  Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Inspirational, Sarcastic, Business

  Ambrose Bierce (2015). “The Eyes of the Panther (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)”, p.20, Read Books Ltd

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• I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.

  Jesse Ventura

  Truth, Lying, Personality

  FaceBook post by Jesse Ventura from Dec 22, 2014

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• The keys to success, in business and in life, are truthfulness, the ability to take and give, honest and well-intended feedback, strength of character and conviction in one's principles

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Aug 08, 2013

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• What I know for sure is that you feel real joy in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your truth.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Happiness, Laughter, Truth

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• Even if you know that what you'll say will hurt a woman's feelings, I've learned that it's better to be truthful with her than it is to cover up. Ultimate honesty is what a relationship is really about.

  Stephen Moyer

  Hurt, Honesty, Feelings

  "True Blood, True Love: Stephen Moyer on Acting & Anna Paquin". Interview with Anna Davies, www.redbookmag.com. July 15, 2010.

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• Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've got it made.

  Barbara Stanwyck

  Success, Fake People, Truth

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• I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.

  Spike Lee

  Thinking, Doctors, Important

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• The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

  Willa Cather

  Life, Beautiful, Truth

  Willa Cather (2012). “The Song of the Lark”, p.305, Courier Corporation

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• A process for discernment: God is my ultimate source of truth and wisdom, and dwells forever at the center of my being. Therefore, any thought, emotion, or action that takes me further from my center can be neither truthful, nor wise.

  Bill Crawford

  Wise, Forever, Action

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• It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

  Noel Coward

  Honesty, Lying, People

  Noel Coward (1979). “Plays, four”, Methuen Drama

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• The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Motivational, Truth, Humorous

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• Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

  George Burns

  Funny, Success, Fake People

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• Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

  E. W. Howe

  People, Desire, Would Be

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• The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Truth, Believe, Greatness

  Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Gaudy Night”, p.427, Open Road Media

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• Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.

  Paul Celan

  Inspirational, Writing, Hands

  Paul Celan, Rosemarie Waldrop (2003). “Collected Prose”, p.26, Psychology Press

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• What motivates me in art is the ugly and beautiful nature of the truth. It has to be truthful and honest, even if it is ugly and grotesque.

  Corin Nemec

  Beautiful, Art, Ugly

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter - in the eye.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Eye, Soul, Unconscious

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.258, Penguin

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