#ruth

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose. ↗

— Czeslaw Milosz

#even #falsehood #find #follow #grain

Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth. ↗

— John Milton

#brought #comes #her #him #into

And if that isn't the truth, it would be a lie. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

#truth #would

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. ↗

— Moliere

#friend #i #mankind #me #rest

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#grow #i #little #more #much

A lot of the American press at the time was saying 'just watch what happens when Bertelsmann tries to buy EMI, that will be a moment of truth that will show the Commission's true colors.' Well, that deal never happened either. ↗

— Mario Monti

#buy #colors #commission #deal #either

There was in Italy a hidden demand for a boring government which would try to tell the truth in non-political jargon. ↗

— Mario Monti

#demand #government #hidden #italy #jargon

There are many crooked lines and one straight line. Which is the line of truth? Why the straight line? Truth is always the shortest distance between two points. ↗

— Sun Myung Moon

#between #crooked #distance #line #lines

The day will come, however, when they will truly know the Unification Church and me. The day will come when the truth will be known and the message of love will be taught. On that day, their regret will be deep. ↗

— Sun Myung Moon

#come #day #deep #however #know

Tell me the truth - do you think I've lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I'm shouting at fights or at baseball games. ↗

— Cleo Moore

#back #ball games #baseball #comes #feel