222 Metaphors for truth

At Mataiea the simple truth of existence was joy.

But with such a noble creature, the truth would surely be the best.

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes; this is partly because it gets unobstructed hold of the hearer's mind without his being distracted by secondary thoughts, and partly because he feels that here he is not being corrupted or deceived by the arts of rhetoric, but that the whole effect is got from the thing itself.

we shall all pretend that this straightforward truth of mine is mere Swiftian satire, because it would require a little courage to take it seriously and either act on it or make me drink the hemlock for uttering it.

But the truth is, their fortunes before their race settled in Polynesia are a pure matter of guess-work.

The master self is that rebellious one whose weapons are passion, pride, avarice, vanity, self-will, implements of darkness; the master Truth is that meek and lowly one whose weapons are gentleness, patience, purity, sacrifice, humility, love, instruments of Light.

"The truth is, Signor Commendatore, that my wife has mysteriously disappeared.

"The truth is, ladies, that your father, the principal man in Surrey, is not worth a dollar.

The truth is, the poor doctor by nature the most peacable, inoffensive man alive, was in a continual state of warfare with the Minor Poets, and they revenged themselves; or, in the style of Mr. Bays, often gave him flash for flash, and singed his feathers.

The naked truth was my last resort.

He returned it to me and I am sending it forth with a prayer that these Bible truths will be a help to some soul.

Daughter Truth, is this a befitting manner of presenting yourself before your divine father?

The one salient biological truth is the paramount importance of sex; and we are deaf and blind if we do not hear and see it in everything that lives when we look abroad upon the world; when we listen to the spring song of the birds, or when we consider the lilies of the field.

" "The truth is, Dawson, that the Admiral and I both come from Devon, the land of pirates, smugglers, and buccaneers.

"Truth, then, is the least desirable of acquaintances.

Rough and graceless would be such greeting, but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love.

Still, without advancing any Wilde theories, one may fairly claim that truth is a jewela jewel with many facets, differing in appearance from each point of view.

The truth had not been half told him.

"'Truth' is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and nominative case.

"Yes, indeed. I seemed to have heard from you that truth is simply 'facts as they are.'

Truth is not the commodity they deal in.

Truth was the chief quality of his intellect, and upon this, as upon an unshaken foundation, rest the marvellous power and consistency of his imaginations.

The truth is not a man in that Convention was chosen by a majority of the people of [their] townin many instances with less than a quarter part, and in general with less than a tenthyet they call themselves Delegates.

The truth is, the general effect of the school-room, with its scores of young girls, was enough to confuse a young man like Mr. Langdon, and he may be pardoned for asking Miss Darley questions about his scholars as well as about their lessons.

The truth is, the Indians never had any real title to the soil; they had not half as good a claim to it, for instance, as the cattlemen now have to all eastern Montana, yet no one would assert that the cattlemen have a right to keep immigrants off their vast unfenced ranges.

222 Metaphors for  truth