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Heretical views arise when the truth is uncertain, and it is only when the truth is uncertain that censorship is invoked.

Here the ways of men divide. If you wish to strive for peace of soul and happiness, then believe; if you wish to be a disciple of truth, then inquire.

Here's the truth. The proposed top rate of income tax is not 50 per cent. It is 50 per cent plus 1.5 per cent national insurance paid by employees plus 13.3 per cent paid by employers. That's not 50 per cent. Two years from now, Britain will have the highest tax rate on earned income of any developed country.

Herrmann Pidoux and Armand Trousseau stated 'Disease exists within us, because of us, and through us', Pasteur did not entirely disagree, 'This is true for certain diseases', he wrote cautiously, only to add immediately: 'I do not think that it is true for all of them'.

He [said of one or other eminent colleagues] is a very busy man, and half of what he publishes is true, but I don't know which half.

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.

He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

He who cannot exaggerate is not qualified to utter truth.

He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.

He who does not seek advice is a fool. His folly blinds him to Truth and makes him evil, stubborn, and a danger to his fellow man.

He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie.

He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.

He who seeks truth must be content with a lonely, little-trodden path. If he cannot worship her till she has been canonized by the shouts of the multitude, he must take his place with the members of that wretched crowd who shouted for two long hours, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!" till truth, reason, and calmness were all drowned in noise.

He who trifles with truth cuts at the root of Ahimsa [non-violence]. He who is angry is guilty of Himsa.

Hide what you have to hide And tell what you have to tell You'll see your problems multiplied If you continually decide To faithfully pursue The policy of truth

History is full of people who out of fear, or ignorance, or lust for power has destroyed knowledge of immeasurable value which truly belongs to us all. We must not let it happen again.

Homely truth is unpalatable.

Honest is how I want to look. The truth doesn't glitter and shine.

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself.

Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

How can they know Truth flourishes where the student's lamp has shone, And there alone, that have no solitude? So the crowd come they care not what may come. They have loud music, hope every day renewed And heartier loves; that lamp is from the tomb.

Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.

How can faceless bureaucrats in an intelligence agency deny brave soldiers a chance to tell the truth?

How happy is he born and taught; that serves not another's will, whose armor is his honest thought and truth, his utmost skill.

How much more the seeker of abstract truth, who needs periods of isolation, and rapt concentration, and almost a going out of thebody to think!

Human beings, each one, right through the world, go through great agonies, the more sensitive, the more alert, the more observant, the greater the suffering, the anxiety, the extraordinary sense of insoluble problems.

Humans are born in truth, but we grow up believing in lies.

. . . hummings and clickings could be heard-the sounds attendant to the flow of electrons, now augmenting one maze of electromagnetic crises to a condition that was translatable from electrical qualities and quantities to a high grade of truth.

Hypocrisy, false labels, can create slogans but no poems; propaganda but not life: there are no roots, there are no realities to nurture creative work.

I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

I am always going to be true to myself.

I am as true as truth's simplicity, And simpler than the infancy of truth.

I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things.

I am plain-speaking out of both sides of my mouth.

I am the only real truth I know.

I am the fellow citizen of every being that thinks; my country is Truth.

I been silent so long now it’s gonna roar out of me like floodwaters and you think the guy telling this is ranting and raving my God; you think this is too horrible to have really happened, this is too awful to be the truth! But, please. It’s still hard for me to have a clear mind thinking on it. But it’s the truth even if it didn’t happen.

I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives

I believe in everything - a little bit.

I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.

I believe in justice and truth, without which there would be no basis for human hope

I believe in God, Mozart and Beethoven, and likewise their disciples and apostles; - I believe in the Holy Spirit and the truth of the one, indivisible Art; - I believe that this Art proceeds from God, and lives within the hearts of all illumined men.

I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.