Truth alone wounds.  Napoleon Bonaparte quotes As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors. William James quotes Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. Joseph Conrad quotes And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and they, too, go their ways condemned by the truth to suffer the penalty of villainy and wrong; and I must abide by my award - let them abide by theirs. Plato quotes The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement. Henry David Thoreau quotes The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly. Henry David Thoreau quotes Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history. Plato quotes A truth spoken before its time is dangerous. Proverb quotes The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency. Henry David Thoreau quotes I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness. Henry David Thoreau quotes | 
