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Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging.
Martin Luther1483–1546Table Talk (1569), 53
Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.
George MacDonald1824–1905The Marquis of Lossie, Chapter LXXI.
To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved.
George MacDonald1824–1905The Marquis of Lossie (1877)
There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve.
George MacDonald1824–1905The Marquis of Lossie (1877), Chapter XLII.
God hides nothing. His very work from the beginning is revelation, — a casting aside of veil after veil, a showing unto men of truth after truth.
George MacDonald1824–1905Paul Faber, Surgeon (1879), Ch. 31: A Conscience
- God
Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But this must happen in such a way that no one becomes aware of it; or, if it should be noticed, excuses must be at hand, to be produced immediately.
Niccolò Machiavelli1469–1527
- Talking
For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances as though they were realities. and are often more influenced by things that seem than by those that are.
Niccolò Machiavelli1469–1527
- Facts
Mysteries are irritated by facts.
Norman Mailer1923–2007Superman Comes to the Supermarket (1960)
- Facts
I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against. I’m a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
Malcolm X1925–1965The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965), p. 400
- Justice
If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.
Horace Mann1796–1859Journal entry (29 October 1838)
Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
José Martí1853–1895Martí: Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)
- Liberty
A kiss may not be the truth, but it is what we wish were true.
Steve Martinborn 1945As Harris K. Telemacher in L.A. Story (1991)
- Love
Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
W. Somerset Maugham1874–1965“1896”, p. 17
- Quotations
In art honesty is not only the best but the only policy.
W. Somerset Maugham1874–1965The Razor’s Edge (1943)
- Art
Oh, my poor Mathilde! Why, my necklace was paste. It was worth at most five hundred francs!
Guy de Maupassant1850–1893The Necklace (1884)In context