#truth

Adversity is the first path to truth. ↗

— Lord Byron

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But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of. ↗

— Lord Byron

#face #got #harlot #hold #hope

Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at? ↗

— Lord Byron

#changed #got #how #made #opinions

Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end. ↗

— Sid Caesar

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I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit. ↗

— Jeanne Calment

#i #iron #legs #rust #starting

A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on. ↗

— James Callaghan

#boots #got #halfway #lie #round

The day of the daredevil reporter who refuses to see obstacles to getting the truth, and seeing it with his or her own eyes, seems to have died. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#day #died #eyes #getting #her

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#die #dies #ever #goodness #in the past

It's better to be hurt by the truth than to gain satisfaction from the lies. ↗

— David Allan

#gain #hurt #lies #satisfaction #than

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. ↗

— Albert Camus

#condition #cost #friendship #how #nothing