Truth Quote by Walter Scott — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I pretend not to be a champion of that same naked virtue called truth, to the very outrance. I can consent that her charms be hidden with a veil, were it but for decency's sake.”

“The wretch, concentred all in self,”

“My hope, my heaven, my trust must be,”

“Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives! Fight on; death is better than defeat! Fight on brave knights! for bright eyes behold your deeds!”

“Inside each of us resides the truth, I began, the absolute truth. But sometimes the truth is hidden in a hall of mirrors. Sometimes we believe we are viewing the real thing, when in fact we are viewing a facsimile, a distortion.”

“...he was after all, a novelist...and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies, the better the pay.”

“But what do you say if you're asked a direct question and you can't tell the truth and you can't tell a lie?'”

“That casual glance was the beginning of a cataclysm of love that had still not ended half a century later.”

“When someone you love makes compassion, kindness, forgiveness, respect and God an option, you can be sure they have made you an option, as well.”

“I shouldn't believe anything I say, if I were you-and that includes what I just told you.”