Samuel Johnson Truth Quotes

What did Samuel Johnson say about Truth?

Samuel Johnson has written many quotes about Truth. E.g.,

• Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
• It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.
• Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

What are the top most famous Truth quotes by Samuel Johnson?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Truth by Samuel Johnson.

• Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
• It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.
• Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
• Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
• It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
• In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
• Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.