Truth

Trust none; For oaths are straws, men’s faiths are wafer-cakes, And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck.

The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest.

In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But, being season’d with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?

There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

Such water-colors to impaint his cause.

Truth hath a quiet breast.

Time’s glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light.

An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.

In thy face I see The map of honor, truth, and loyalty.

Reule wel thyself, that other folk canst rede. And trouthe thee shal delivere, it is no drede.

Trouthe is the hyeste thyng that men may kepe.

My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.

No falsehood lingers on into old age.

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be When there’s no help in truth!

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

The one great rule of composition is to speak the truth.

No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so.

No lie ever reaches old age.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

There are two sides to every question.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.