True, what you sacrifice for the world is but poorly recognized by it; for it is man that rules and reaps the harvest; the thousand night watches and sacrifices by which a mother secures the state a hero or a poet are forgotten, not even mentioned, for the mother herself does not mention them, and so one century after another do the wives, unknown and unrewarded send forth the arrows, the starts the storm-birds and the nightingales of time.

Being free of pretence does not mean you are in touch with the truth. Sincerity is not proof.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Mystical explanations are considered deep. The truth is that they are not even superficial.

Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

Truth fears nothing but concealment.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.