Quotes by Subject:

Truth

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true. – Socrates.

Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth - that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. – Socrates.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. – Aristotle.

If the truth is told, things are just as bad as you yourself care to make them. – Anne Frank.

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. – Aristotle.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. – Aristotle.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. - Plato.

The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think. – Aristotle.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousand fold. – Aristotle.

To endeavor to speak truth in every instance; to give nobody expectations that are not likely to be answered, but aim at sincerity in every word and action, the most amiable excellence in a rational being. - Benjamin Franklin.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man. - Plato.

Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth. – Socrates.