Samuel Butler Truth Quotations

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

When the righteous man truth away from his righteousness that he hath committed and doeth that which is neither quite lawful nor quite right, he will generally be found to have gained in amiability what he has lost in holiness.

Some men love truth so much that they seem in continual fear lest she should catch cold on over-exposure.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth.

There is no permanent absolute unchangeable truth; what we should pursue is the most convenient arrangement of our ideas.