Truthfulness is not a virtue, but it signifies the absence of vice.
Truth is never harmed by mockery, but it stops growing in the one doing the mocking.
— Lucy Mallory
The most common and widespread cause of falsehood is not the desire to deceive others, but the desire to deceive yourself. And these deceptions are the ones that do the most harm.
A thousand paths lead to error, but only one to the truth.
— Rousseau
There is no greater misfortune than when a person begins to fear the truth because it would expose him.
People should only follow the truth that is self-evident.
— Confucius
It is impossible to assert a falsehood without inventing another falsehood to support it.
— Lessing
It seems that it is so easy to speak the truth, and yet how much inner work is required to achieve this.
The degree of a person’s truthfulness is an indicator of his moral perfection.
Truthfulness is the only universally accepted currency.
— Chinese wisdom
Let us be truthful. It is the secret of eloquence and virtue, it is what exerts moral influence, it is the highest rule of art and life.
— Amiel
It is a very common mistake to think that in certain cases we are permitted to deviate from the truth. The consequences, both internal and external, of even the smallest lie are many times more harmful than the awkwardness and unpleasantness which speaking the truth may cause.
