Truth Hurts Quotes

• It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.

  Simon Sinek

  Lying, People, Disappoint

  Twitter post from Nov 26, 2013

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• 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.

  Jack Canfield

  Hurt, Reality, Feelings

  FaceBook post by Jack Canfield from Dec 02, 2013

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• 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.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Lying, Giving, Painful

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• The truth hurts, but silence kills.

  Mark Twain

  Hurt, Silence

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• 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.

  Brad Stine

  Truth, Differences, Knowing

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  Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Truth, People

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• The truth hurts because it's real. It hurts because it mattered. And that's an important thing to acknowledge to yourself.

  John Green

  Hurt, Real, Important

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• You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

  Aldous Huxley

  Funny, Bible, Jesus

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• We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

  Denis Diderot

  Inspirational, Trust, Truth

  "Rameau's Nephew". Book by Denis Diderot, 1821.

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• The truth hurts like a thorn at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose.

  Samuel ibn Naghrillah

  Hurt, Truth, Rose

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• Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

  Ludwig Borne

  Life, Truth, Sunset

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• People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.

  Tyler Perry

  Hurt, People, Trying

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• Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.

  Henry Rollins

  Life, Hurt, Real

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• 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

  Lemmy Kilmister

  People, Bullshit, Waiting

  Lemmy Kilmister (2012). “White Line Fever: Lemmy: The Autobiography”, p.133, Simon and Schuster

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• If the truth shall kill them, let them die.

  Ayn Rand

  Death, Truth, Words Of Wisdom

  "Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand". Book by Nathaniel Brandon, 1989.

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• Sometimes being honest with someone or hearing the truth hurts, but it is always better to be honest and accept what is.

  Syesha Mercado

  Hurt, Hearing, Honest

  "American Idol’s Syesha Mercado: On Honesty, Acceptance, and Being Present". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Truth hurts. But lies can kill.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Hurt, Lying, Deceit

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.575, Dell

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• If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Wisdom, Witty

  Oscar Wilde “The Picture of Dorian Gray - and more”, Eighty Pence Books

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• Oh well, the truth hurts, doesn't it?

  Robin Roberts

  Hurt, Oh Well, Wells

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• 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.

  Alija Izetbegovic

  Inspirational, God, Truth

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• The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.

  David Foster Wallace

  Inspirational, Truth, Freedom

  "Infinite Jest". Book by David Foster Wallace, February 1, 1996.

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• Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts.

  Leslie Nielsen

  Hurt, Truth, Reality

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• The ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn't exist.

  Byron Katie

  Truth, Ego, Terrified

  Twitter post from Mar 27, 2011

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• 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.

  James Marsters

  Hurt, Years, Matter

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• If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!

  Mark Twain

  Truth, Honesty, Memories

  Mark Twain, Classics HD (2015). “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: by Mark Twain (Illustrated and Unabridged)”, p.2, Classics HD

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