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OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?
Sep 26, 2025
The truth hurts like a thorn at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose.
The truth hurts, but silence kills.
Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.
Oh well, the truth hurts, doesn't it?
No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.
People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.
Tom doesn't have any principles, or if he does, he puts them aside whenever they're inconvenient. The truth hurts, doesn't it, Tom?
Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?” “Of course I believe in the truth,” said Rhoda, staring. “Yes, you say that, but perhaps you haven’t thought about it. The truth hurts sometimes – and destroys one’s illusions.” “I’d rather have it all the same.” said Rhoda. “So would I. But I don’t know that we’re wise.” Mrs. Oliver; Rhoda Dawes
The truth hurts, but those lies heal.
Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. -Maggie
People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.
Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
Sometimes the truth hurts. It hurts because they have a weakness - and I exploit weakness.
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
The ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn't exist.
Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
Truth hurts. But lies can kill.
If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
The search for truth is more precious than its possession.
Always communicate no matter how hard it is to tell someone something's wrong. It's worse not to talk about it. I learn this every few years. The truth hurts for 3 days. Lack of truth hurts your whole life.
The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.
It's like I know what I gotta say, I just don't know how to say it to you.
I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us; but, with the help of God, we will prevail.
Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bullshit, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute - I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.
Don't lie to me. Don't deceive me. Give me the truth. Even if it breaks me. A painful truth is better than a pleasant lie.
Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts.
My only wish is I die real cause that truth hurts and those lies kill.
We tell the real truth of our life by the stories we repeatedly tell.
If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.
If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!
Sometimes being honest with someone or hearing the truth hurts, but it is always better to be honest and accept what is.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.
Most of us avoid telling the truth because it's uncomfortable. We're afraid of the consequences-making others feel uncomfortable, hurting their feelings or risking their anger. And yet, when we don't tell the truth, and others don't tell us the truth, we can't deal with matters from a basis in reality.
There's a difference between maliciously offending somebody - on purpose - and somebody being offended by...truth. If you're offended by the truth, that's your problem. I have no obligation to not offend you if I'm speaking the truth. The truth is supposed to offend you; that's how you know you don't got it.
It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.
Protecting people from the truth is another way of shutting them out.
The truth hurts because it's real. It hurts because it mattered. And that's an important thing to acknowledge to yourself.
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
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