If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
Rachel Johnson
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Samuel Johnson
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply... →
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all... →
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong... →
Sonia Johnson
The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not... →
Angelina Jolie