#truth

There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#having #only #right #say #them

I am a lie who always speaks the truth. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#am #i #i am #lie #speaks

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#complete #delivers #friends #hands #i

We found what we could at that time - the truth. If somebody else can find something else which we didn't find, that, of course, is a duty on their part, as is the truth. It will be the truth. ↗

— John Sherman Cooper

#course #duty #else #find #found

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#just #justice #parents #quiet #really

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#good #good time #i #now #see

A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation. ↗

— Howard Crosby

#almost #chosen #essential #fasten #his

Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide the word of truth. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#among #children #divide #god #most

Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#any #bravado #cover-up #fool #god

To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them. ↗

— William Steig

#books #children #i #just #read