Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Votes: 5
Stephen KingLife is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth. Votes: 4
Arthur SchopenhauerI've always noticed that if you speak the truth in a rather silly way nobody believes you. Votes: 4
Agatha ChristieI have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse. Votes: 4
Oscar WildeSometimes people don't like me because I'm too honest; I speak the truth. Votes: 1
The Mighty HannibalAlways speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards. Votes: 1
Lewis CarrollTake the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger. Votes: 1
Silius ItalicusPeople always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts. Votes: 1
David DuchovnyUnless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth. Votes: 1
RamakrishnaI've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it. Votes: 1
Armistead MaupinWe should not be afraid to speak the truth to our powerful friend the United States. Votes: 1
Julian McMahonSomebody said I am the most popular person in Arizona because I am speaking the truth. Votes: 1
Donald TrumpArtists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers. Votes: 1
Ron SilverPolitical correctness is euphemism for "fear to speak truth to authority Votes: 0
Bangambiki HabyarimanaI willingly accept Cassandra's fateTo speak the truth, although believed too late. Votes: 0
Anne KilligrewAs an artist, everybody has the opportunity to celebrate and speak their truth. Votes: 0
Solange KnowlesTo be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth. Votes: 0
Rabindranath TagoreThere is a big disincentive to talk about the truth. I will speak the truth... Votes: 0
Geert WildersHe was essentially a truth-speaking man, if only he know how to speak the truth. Votes: 0
Anthony TrollopeThe key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Votes: 0
Vincent D'OnofrioThe great thing about being ignored is that you can speak the truth with impunity. Votes: 0
Steve AylettYou can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself Votes: 0
Terry GoodkindTo be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak. Votes: 0
Cornel WestOne voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found. Votes: 0
George R. R. MartinSpeak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer. Votes: 0
Francois FenelonThe further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it. Votes: 0
George OrwellThose are the facts but not the truth, which does not even speak the same language. Votes: 0
Sonja LivingstonWhen we speak truth to power we are ignored at best and brutally suppressed at worst Votes: 0
Jeremy HammondOne should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak an unpleasant truth unnecessarily. Votes: 0
Sarada DeviThe day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.often when I thought I joked, I told the truth, afraid to speak it except in jest. Votes: 0
Lucy FreemanIt is meaningless to speak in the name of - or against - Reason, Truth, or Knowledge. Votes: 0
Michel FoucaultIf you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power. Votes: 0
Chogyam TrungpaI would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense. Votes: 0
Ben CarsonI would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense. Votes: 0
Benjamin CarsonOne absolutely sure way to be fearless is to speak the truth at all time about everything. Votes: 0
Amit KalantriThe condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak - that gives it an existential emphasis. Votes: 0
Cornel WestSometimes people fear the truth. They'd rather not speak to you than know what you really think. Votes: 0
Paloma FaithThe unconscious wants truth. It ceases to speak to those who want something else more than truth. Votes: 0
Adrienne RichIt's often only in the lies we refuse to speak that any truth can be heard at all. Votes: 0
Karen Marie MoningI would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf Votes: 0
David GemmellIn every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it. Votes: 0
Boris PasternakCourage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say. Votes: 0
SethIt is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can. Votes: 0
Sargent ShriverIf we dealt only with the false and dishonest, we should at last forget how to speak truth. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauIf an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? Votes: 0
Thomas CarlyleWhoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth Votes: 0
PhaedrusI think he [Vaclav Havel] felt that he could speak more truth, in a way, through writing plays. Votes: 0
Judy WoodruffWhoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth. Votes: 0
PhaedrusI don't believe that narrative works when it's trying to teach a lesson or speak a factual truth. Votes: 0
Shane CarruthI pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an instrument which only truth can speak. Votes: 0
Peace PilgrimWe speak of stories ending, when in truth it is we who end. The stories go on and on. Votes: 0
Jacqueline CareyIt is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth. Votes: 0
E. M. ForsterMay we, in our dealings with all the peoples of the earth, ever speak the truth and serve justice. Votes: 0
Dwight D. EisenhowerI am not here to speak the Truth. I am here just to give you a method to perceive it. Votes: 0
Jaggi VasudevIf truth is a value it is because it is true and not because it is brave to speak it. Votes: 0
W. Somerset MaughamSure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that. Votes: 0
Nathan LaneThe gain of lying is, not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we speak the truth. Votes: 0
Walter RaleighBeing safe is about being seen and heard and allowed to be who you are and to speak your truth. Votes: 0
Rachel Naomi RemenLet us, then, be what we are; speak what we think; and in all things keep ourselves loyal to truth. Votes: 0
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowWhen I listen to songs, I can smell a rat. I like songs that speak to me with some deeper truth. Votes: 0
Mike DirntWhen a man has no design but to speak plain truth, he may say a great deal in a very narrow compass. Votes: 0
Richard Steele