Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
Quotations
Truth
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
-Jessamyn West
There is no evil that cannot be done by the liar, who has transgressed the one law of truthfulness and who is indifferent to the world beyond.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 176"
A lie is just the truth waiting to be itself.
-Terri Guillemets
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
-Mark Twain
Truth is not determined by majority vote.
-Anonymous
Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.
-Stephanie Klein
"Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir"
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
-Oscar Wilde
