If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

'Tis not antiquity, nor author,
That makes truth truth, altho' time's daughter.

'Tis not antiquity, nor author,
That makes truth truth, altho' time's daughter.

The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on read more

The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which nothing is assumed.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't.

To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't.

Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.

Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends. -David Hume.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends. -David Hume.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.

The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.