A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent.

A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent.

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 the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.

Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
[Lat., Veritatis absolutus sermo ac semper est simplex.]

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
[Lat., Veritatis absolutus sermo ac semper est simplex.]

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.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.