The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Truth Quotes

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

'I trust you' is better than 'I love you,' because you may not always trust...

'I trust you' is better than 'I love you,' because you may not always trust...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.