Quotes about truth and lies
458 quotes from 240 people
Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936In The Illustrated London News (19 April 1930)
Thomas Paine1737–1809Rights of Man, Part II (1792), Introduction
Otto von Bismarck1815–1898(born 1 April 1815), as quoted in American Speaker: Your Guide to Successful Speaking (1992) by Aram Bakshian.
Napoleon1769–1821In His Own Words (1916)Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
‘In war-time,’ I said, ‘truth is so precious she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.’
Winston Churchill1874–1965Discussion of Operation Overlord with Stalin at the Teheran Conference (November 30, 1943); in The Second World War, Volume V: Closing the Ring (1952), Chapter 21 (Teheran: The Crux), p. 338A man never lies as much as after a hunt, during a war, and before an election.
It is error alone that needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826A letter to Horatio Spofford (1814)
Aldous Huxley1894–1963Proper Studies (1927), “Note on Dogma”Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.
Ernest Hemingway1899–1961For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), Ch 43
