One truth stings far less than a thousand lies.
—Brittainy C. Cherry in Art & Soul
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
—Harry S. Truman
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
—George Bernard Shaw
Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.
—Mason Cooley
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
—Harry S. Truman
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.
—Simone de Beauvoir
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
—Jessamyn West
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
—A. A. Milne
Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.
—Kurt Vonnegut
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
—George Bernard Shaw
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
—Slovenian Proverb
It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
—Bertrand Russell
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
—Oscar Wilde
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.
—George Bernard Shaw
If something is true, no matter who said it, it is always from the Holy Spirit.
—Thomas Aquinas in De Veritate