“When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.”
More from H. L. Mencken on Truth
“Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it.”
“The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.”
“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.”
“Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.”
“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.”
Others on Truth
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11 quotes“When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.”
Mark Twain
8 quotes“Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.”
Cervantes
8 quotes“Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water."~ Miguel de Cerv...”
Aesop
7 quotes“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”
Patrick Rothfuss
7 quotes“Lies are simpler, and most of the time they make better sense.”
Malcolm X
7 quotes“You can't have capitalism without racism.”
Agatha Christie
7 quotes“I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.”
Terry Pratchett
7 quotes“When people talk about their great past they're usually trying to excuse the mediocre present.”
Osho
6 quotes“It is only through silence that truth can be said, because it is only through silence that the truth is heard.”
Henrik Ibsen
6 quotes“A minority may be right a majority is always wrong.”
Lord Byron
6 quotes“When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter " And proved it - 'twas no matter what he said.”
Napoleon
6 quotes“All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view.”