truth Quotes

Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

In its primary aspect, a painting has no more spiritual message than an exquisite fragment of Venetian glass. The channels by which all noble and imaginative work in painting should touch the soul are not those of the truths of lives.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.