Quotes about truth and lies
458 quotes from 240 people
Simone Weil1909–1943Letter to her parents (1943), as quoted in the Introduction by Siân Miles
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Secret of Efficient Expression (1911)Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
Simone Weil1909–1943Attention and Will (1947), p. 213
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel1770–1831Nürnberg, Sep. 30, 1809; Schrieb’s zum Andenken (written to remember)
Herbert Spencer1820–1903First Principles (1862), Pt. I, The Unknowable; Ch. I, Religion and Science
Rabindranath Tagore1861–1941Stray Birds (1916), 130
Norman Mailer1923–2007Superman Comes to the Supermarket (1960)
Robert Burns1759–1796Death and Dr. Hornbook, st. 1 (1787)
Thomas Paine1737–1809“The Forester’s Letters”, Letter III: To Cato, Pennsylvania Journal (24 April 1776)
Ursula K. Le Guin1929–2018The Eye of the Heron (1978), Chapter 5 (p. 77)
Denis Diderot1713–1784Pensées Philosophiques (1746)
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
Jane Austen1775–1817“Lady Susan”, Letter XXXII (1871)
Ludwig Wittgenstein1889–1951Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922), 1.1
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Johnson (Boswell) (1775)