“Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.”
More from Mark Twain on Truth
“Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.”
“One ought always to lie, when one can do good by it;”
“There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he's crooked.”
“Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.”
“The best of all lost arts is honesty”
“I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.”
“A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.”
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.”
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.”
Agatha Christie
7 quotes“I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.”
Malcolm X
7 quotes“You can't have capitalism without racism.”
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.”
H. L. Mencken
6 quotes“When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.”
Napoleon
6 quotes“All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view.”