Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist
Memories of President Lincoln, 1
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Perhaps he's just a vehicle
To bear us to the hills of Truth
That's Truth spelled with a great big T
And peddled in the mystic's booth
There are oh so many miracles
That the western sky exposes
Why go looking for lilacs
When you're lying in a bed of roses?”
Caruso
Gulf Winds (1976)
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Novalis (1772–1801) German poet and writer
Novalis (1829)
Context: Man consists in Truth. If he exposes Truth, he exposes himself. If he betrays Truth, he betrays himself. We speak not here of lies, but of acting against Conviction.
“It is not the same thing. You are perhaps not lying, but you are not telling the truth.”
Jean Paul Sartre book The Devil and the Good Lord
Act 1
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
“Truth consists not in never lying but in knowing when to lie and when not to do so.”
Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist
Falsehood, i
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XIX - Truth and Convenience
Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694–1768) German philosopher
Source: Fragments from Reimarus: Consisting of Brief Critical Remarks on the Object of Jesus and His Disciples as Seen in the New Testament, p. 75
“I’m neutral on lying, seeing as how there’s times when the truth just hurts people.”
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 2 “Squirrel and Moose” (p. 21).
Janeane Garofalo (1964) comedian, actress, political activist, writer
standup performance (accessible through .WAV files available on the Internet)[citation needed]
Standup routines
“How many, tired of lying, commit suicide into any truth.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Cuántos, cansados de mentir, se suicidan en cualquier verdad.
Voces (1943)
“No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying.”
Richard Yates book Revolutionary Road
Source: Revolutionary Road