Jewish Proverb Quotes

Geese are but Geese tho' we may think 'em Swans; and Truth will be Truth tho' it sometimes prove mortifying and distasteful.

Homely truth is unpalatable.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

Truth is a rough, honest, helter-skelter terrier that none like to see brought into their drawing rooms.

No. Harsh truth was better than comfortable lies. It had to be.

Sometimes the truth is stupid.

No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.

Oh well, the truth hurts, doesn't it?

Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality.

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

When you look at my campaign, I don't go around sugarcoating things.

I'm a scientist at heart, so I know how important the truth is. However inconvenient, however unattractive, however embarrassing, however shocking, the truth is the truth, and wanting it not to be true doesn't change things.

I just feel like sometimes people don't want to hear the truth. It's hard when you hear the truth. People want to hear what they want to hear. Sometimes I have a hard time with that because I'm very honest.

The truth hurts. It hurts to some people.

The truth is a bully we all pretend to like

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.

The truth--a hideous spectacle!

Truth is not always a pleasant thing.

I have no time for lies and fantasy, and neither should you. Enjoy or die.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

You cannot demand truth, and then select half and throw the inconvenient remainder away.

That's the problem with truth. The truth is relentless. It won't leave you alone. It keeps creeping up on you from every side, showing you what's really so. That can he annoying.

In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.