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
I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
-Jean Cocteau
Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.
-Gautama Buddha
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
-Ayn Rand
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
-Mark Twain
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
-Mark Twain
The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.
-Søren Kierkegaard
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
-H. L. Mencken
"A Little Book in C Major"
We want to reach not from untruth to truth, but from truth to higher truth.
-Swami Vivekananda
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
