I need a proverb or a wise saying about telling the truth... being honest... etc. I can't find the very very convincing one on the net. I'll see the best in a few!!!
2007-02-01 19:12:22 · 8 answers · asked by screwbothheadphones 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I forgot-- I need the person who said it. MAke sure you didn't make it up.
2007-02-01 19:38:54 · update #1
<>All proverbs are about truth...that is their basis:
http://www.deproverbio.com/DPjournal/DP,5,2,99/MIEDER/VIEWS.htm
2007-02-01 19:22:16 · answer #1 · answered by druid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Women always speak the truth, but not the whole truth.
Italian Proverb
Truths and roses have thorns about them.
Spanish Proverb
Lying is the disease and truth is the cure.
Arabic Proverb
If you want to hear the truth about yourself -- offend your neighbor.
Czech Proverb
2007-02-03 02:37:55 · answer #2 · answered by cuckoo747 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
“When all else fails, tell the truth.''
— Donald T. Regan, American business executive, Treasury Secretary, chief of staff for President Ronald Reagan (1918-2003)
“A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.”
— Edgar J. Mohn
"Flattery makes friends, truth enemies."
— Spanish proverb
2007-02-02 07:55:46 · answer #3 · answered by rose 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Truth have no boundaries,
Truth hurts only a while,then comes forgiveness,
truth and nothing but the truth so help me God,Amen!!!
Good luck and God bless!
2007-02-01 19:27:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't." ~Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain
2007-02-02 07:14:58 · answer #5 · answered by J Candid 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
bunch of truth quotes here
http://thinkexist.com/quotations/truth/
http://www.heartquotes.net/Truth.html
http://www.quotegarden.com/truth.htmlhttp://www.wisdomquotes.com/cat_truth.html
Funny internet one.
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
The rest of them
http://www.google.com/search?q=truth+quote&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8
2007-02-01 19:38:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"There is no god higher than truth"- Gandhi
2007-02-02 09:02:19 · answer #7 · answered by Joe P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hear no evil...see no evil....speak no evil
2007-02-01 19:24:00 · answer #8 · answered by Chris B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋