“It is not worth while to consider whether a truth be useful—it is enough that it is a truth.”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 167
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“If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell.”
Telling the Truth (1977)
“The truth is the truth, regardless of whether it fits your ideological biases.”
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Poor envious souls they are that cavil at truth's want in these natural fictions; material instruction, elegant and sententious excitation to virtue, and deflection from her contrary, being the soul, limbs, and limits of an authentical tragedy.
The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois (1613)
In Chancery (1920); Third part of The Forsyte Saga
“The painful truth is that while we might have the illusion, none of us are free.”
Source: Flesh and Fire (2009), p. 304
Speech to the Bar Association of Boston, in Speeches (1913), p. 86.
1910s
Mas, sea verdad o sueño,
obrar bien es lo que importa.
Si fuere verdad, por serlo;
si no, por ganar amigos
para cuando despertemos.
Segismundo, Act III, l. 236.
La vida es sueño (Life is a Dream)
“A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.”
Source: The Exploration of Space