A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
- Mark Twain


A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
- Mark Twain


An honest man is always a child.
- Socrates


Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.
- Mark Twain


Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
- Albert Einstein


Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
- Mahatma Gandhi


Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
- Mark Twain


God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
- Mahatma Gandhi


Half a truth is often a great lie.
- Ben Franklin


Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
- Thomas Jefferson


I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
- Abraham Lincoln


I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi


I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.
- Mark Twain


If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
- Abraham Lincoln


If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
- Albert Einstein


If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
- Mark Twain


In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
- Thomas Jefferson


It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
- Thomas Jefferson


Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.
- Aristotle


Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons. The truth will win this marathon in court.
- Michael Jackson


Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.
- Julius Caesar


Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
- Mahatma Gandhi


Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
- Confucius


The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.
- Albert Einstein


The object of the superior man is truth.
- Confucius


There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.
- Thomas Jefferson


There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one.
- Abraham Lincoln


There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one.
- Abraham Lincoln


Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
- Mahatma Gandhi


Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.
- Thomas Jefferson


Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
- Abraham Lincoln


Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.
- Mark Twain


Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.
- Mark Twain


Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.
- Mark Twain


Truth is what stands the test of experience.
- Albert Einstein


Truth never damages a cause that is just.
- Mahatma Gandhi


Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
- Mahatma Gandhi


Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.
- George Washington


We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.
- John McCain


When in doubt, tell the truth.
- Mark Twain


Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.
- Albert Einstein