Quotes about truth and lies
458 quotes from 240 people
Richard Bachborn 1936There’s No Such Place As Far Away (1978)
Francis Bacon1561–1626Novum Organum (1620), Book I, Aphorism 7- Francis Bacon1561–1626Novum Organum (1620), Book II, Aphorism 20
Philip James Bailey1816–1902Festus (1839)Who never doubted never half believed
Where doubt there truth is—‘t is her shadow.Philip James Bailey1816–1902Festus (1839)The truth is the truth. You tell it even when it hurts or it loses value even when it doesn’t.
Iain Banks1954–2013The Hydrogen Sonata (2013), Chapter 23 (p. 505)Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
Bernard Baruch1870–1965Deming Headlight (New Mexico), 6 January 1950, as cited in the Yale Book of Modern Proverbs and at There Are Opinions, And Then There Are Facts; Freakonomics blog post by Fred R. Shapiro (18 August 2011)Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real.
Jean Baudrillard1929–2007Simulacra and Simulation (1981), “The Precession of Simulacra,” p. 12
Simone de Beauvoir1908–1986All Said and Done (1972), p. 16Matilda told such Dreadful Lies,
It made one Gasp and Stretch one’s Eyes;Truth draws strength from itself and not from the number of votes in its favour.
Pope Benedict XVI1927–2022Address to the Holy See’s representatives to international organizations (18 March 2006)
George Berkeley1685–1753Siris (1744), Paragraph 368The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
