Quotes by Truth A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction Amber Tamblyn truthpeoplethinking An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time. Ambrose Bierce truthtimephilosophy EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc. Ambrose Bierce womenhonestytruth Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. Ambrose Bierce common-senseutterancetruth ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgment of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth. Ambrose Bierce faultstruthlove REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work upon a book, and so read out of it/ The qualities that you have first read into it. Ambrose Bierce wisdomtruthbook REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words. Ambrose Bierce tempesttruthway LIAR, n. One who tells an unpleasant truth. Ambrose Bierce truthliars OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy. Ambrose Bierce splendorstresstruth PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. All that is mortal of a departed truth. A jelly-fish withering on the shore of the sea of thought. A desiccated epigram. Ambrose Bierce departedtruthsea STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. Ambrose Bierce narrativetruthstories RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now held in light popular esteem. Ambrose Bierce lighttruthlife Truth is more deceptive than falsehood, for it is more frequently presented by those from whom we do not expect it, and so has against it a numerical presumption. Ambrose Bierce presumptiondeceptivetruth Truth - An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Ambrose Bierce appearancetruthfunny The language of truth is unadorned and always simple. Ammianus Marcellinus communicationsimpletruth Truth is often attended with danger. Ammianus Marcellinus truth-istruthdanger Truth is simple, requiring neither study nor art. Ammianus Marcellinus truthinspirationalart Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind. Amos Bronson Alcott charitytruthschool There are truths that shield themselves behind veils, and are best spoken by implication. Even the sun veils himself in his own rays to blind the gaze of the too curious starer. Amos Bronson Alcott raysveilstruth Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment upon its sacredness. Amos Bronson Alcott sensitivejealoustruth«4567891011121314»
