Quotes about truth and lies
458 quotes from 240 people
Carl Sagan1934–1996Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, Episode 1: “The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean” (1980)
Saki1870–1916The Square Egg (1924), “Clovis on the Alleged Romance of Business”The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.
George Santayana1863–1952Little Essays (1921), p. 107- George Santayana1863–1952The Sense of Beauty (1896), Pt. III, Form; § 30: “The average modified in the direction of pleasure.”, p. 125
- George Santayana1863–1952The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy (1911), p. 48
Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are.
José Saramago1922–2010Blindness (1995), p. 126Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.
José Saramago1922–2010The Cave (2000), p. 124
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax1633–1695Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections
Arthur Schopenhauer1788–1860“On Authorship and Style”, Parerga and Paralipomena (1851)
Albert Schweitzer1875–1965On the Edge of the Primeval Forest (1922), Ch. XI: Conclusion (1956 edition)- Albert Schweitzer1875–1965The Problem of Peace (1954)
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as ‘twas said to me.
Roger Scruton1944–2020Modern Philosophy (1995), “The Nature of Philosophy” (p. 6)When truth cannot make itself known in words, it will make itself known in deeds.
Roger Scruton1944–2020“Should he have spoken?”, The New Criterion (September 2006), p. 22
