We prefer truth over facts.

It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.

Attitudes are more important than facts.” That is worth repeating until its truth grips you.

But the whole thing, after all, may be put very simply. I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be ignorant.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.

A very great deal more truth can become known than can be proven.

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.

Poetry is much more important than the truth, and, if you don't believe that, try using the two methods to get laid.

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.

Which is better, truth that is a lie or the lie that is truth?

La verité dans sa matière brute est plus fausse que la faux.

Democracy and free speech are not facets of one gem; democracy and free speech are eternal enemies. But in any battle between an institution and an idea, the idea, in the long run, has the better of it. Here I do not venture into the absurdity of arguing that, as the world wags on, the truth always survives. I believe nothing of the sort. As a matter of fact, it seems to me that an idea that happens to be true — or, more exactly, as near to truth as any human idea can be, and yet remain generally intelligible — it seems to me that such an idea carries a special and often fatal handi cap. The majority of men prefer delusion to truth. It soothes. It is easy to grasp. Above all, it fits more snugly than the truth into a universe of false appearances — of complex and irrational phenomena,

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.