“How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another’s will; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill! Sir Henry Wotton
“It is a piece of idle sentimentality that truth, merely as truth, has any inherent power denied to error, of prevailing against the dungeon and the stake.John Stuart Mill
“Go, Soul, the body’s quest, Upon a thankless arrant: Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant: Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Sir Walter Ralegh
“Truth is the trial of itself And needs no other touch, And purer than the purest gold, Refine it ne’er so much. Ben Jonson