Quotes about truth and lies
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Michel de Montaigne1533–1592Essays, Book III, Ch. 2, Of Repentance
Alan Mooreborn 1953“The Mindscape of Alan Moore” (2003)
Michael Mooreborn 1954Oscar Speech for Best Documentary Feature (23 March 2003)Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan1927–2003Often credited to UnattributedMost truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.
All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.
Edward R. Murrow1908–1965Speech to his staff (1954)- Edward R. Murrow1908–1965On receiving the “Family of Man” Award from the Protestant Council of the City of New York (28 October 1964)
Napoleon1769–1821In His Own Words (1916)Plato is my friend — Aristotle is my friend — but my greatest friend is truth.
Isaac Newton1643–1727These are notes in Latin that Newton wrote to himself that he titled: Quaestiones Quaedam Philosophicae [Certain Philosophical Questions] (c. 1664)You only lie to two people in your life: your girlfriend and the police.
Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Part I, Chapter 11, Thomas Common translationIn context
