Truth hath always a fast bottom. Pr.
Truth hath better deeds than words to grace it. Two Gent. of Verona, ii. 2.
"Truth," I cried, "though the heavens crush 40 me for following her; no falsehood, though a whole celestial Lubberland were the price of apostasy!" Carlyle.
Truth in its own essence cannot be / But good. Byron.
Truth, in the great practical concerns of life, is so much a question of the reconciling and combining of opposites, that very few have minds sufficiently capacious and impartial to make the adjustment with an approach to correctness. J. S. Mill.
Truth irritates only those whom it enlightens, but does not convert. Pasquier Quesnel.
Truth is a good dog; but beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. Coleridge.
Truth is a queen who has her eternal throne 45 in heaven, and her seat of empire in the heart of God. Bossuet.
Truth is a stronghold, and diligence is laying siege to it; so that it must observe all the avenues and passes to it. South.
Truth is always consistent with itself and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware. Tillotson.