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Definition Essay About Truth

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{Proverbs/ quotes}
Truth
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

Truth never grows old
Truth is mighty and will prevail
Though a lie be swift, the truth overtakes it
Truth will come to light
The truth will come out in the wash
Truth has no answer
Many a true word is spoken in jest
What is new cannot be true
Truth breeds hatred
Speak the truth and run
Truth is a spectre that scares many
The sting of a reproach is in the truth of it
Truth is stranger than fiction
Tell the truth and shame the devil
All truths are not to be told
‘Tis strange- but true; for truth is always strange; stranger than fiction (Canto XIV)

Honesty

Confess and be hanged

Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all

He is wise that is honest

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It carries better. {Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses}

False in one thing, false in everything

Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction {Criss Jami}

{Honour. / Virtue. / Straight path. / Goodness. / Honesty. / sacrifice. /}

-I’m telling the truth- Scouts honour. (used to indicate that you have the honourable standards associated with Scouts and so will stand by a promise or tell the truth)

-He could be the recipient of a purple heart. (The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the armed forces of the U.S. who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy and posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who are killed in action or die of wounds received in action {The Military Order of the Purple Heart})
~ Wives, mothers, daughters, step-daughters and adopted daughters of Purple Heart recipients are eligible to belong to the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, which also does important work nationally and locally in veterans'

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