#truth is

The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is. ↗

— Susan Sontag

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A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

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On the one hand I wonder, Was this really my story to tell? On the other hand, I just wanted the story to be told. But the truth is that I didn't think anybody was going to read it. ↗

— Kathryn Stockett

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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. ↗

— Mark Twain

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The truth is rarely pure and never simple. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Half a truth is better than no politics. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it. ↗