Truth

(noun.) a fact that has been verified; 'at last he knew the truth'; 'the truth is that he didn't want to do it'.

(noun.) a true statement; 'he told the truth'; 'he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it'.

(noun.) United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883).

(noun.) conformity to reality or actuality; 'they debated the truth of the proposition'; 'the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat'; 'he was famous for the truth of his portraits'; 'he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities'.

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• In speaking of education Plato rather startles us by affirming that a child must be trained in falsehood first and in truth afterwards. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Truth to tell, the supper had been waiting a most unreasonable time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Rawdon acquiesced in the justice of her opinion; and in truth he had remarked that after a few nights of his little suppers, &c. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I have only a little time here, she said, but I would have you to know the whole truth. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Do you know, sir--do you know for truth--that it has pleased God to take her? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• In a still narrower sense the truth of the Preacher's declaration is apparent:-- In an address before the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1885, the late Prof. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• IF YOU WOULD FORGIVE YOUR ENEMY, says the Malay proverb, FIRST INFLICT A HURT ON HIM; and Lily was experiencing the truth of the apothegm. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Whether truth--be it religious or moral truth--speak eloquently and in well-chosen language or not, its voice should be heard with reverence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• After all, I'd rather know the truth. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He had no suspicion that they ran any risk of being houseless until morning; had no idea of the truth until long, long afterwards. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I am not ashamed to tell you the honest truth. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Rosanna wasn't Nancy, and that's the truth of it! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Truth isn't a bad game, said Fred. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• To youto my two daughtersI may venture on the truth. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• O, certainly, she will discover that, and a world of wholesome truths besides, no doubt, said St. Clare. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It contains as fundamental truths as have been uttered about education in conjunction with a curious twist. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Scientific law appeared not merely as a formulation and explanation of observed phenomena but as a means for the discovery of new truths. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Bear with the truths I would tell you now, dearest Emma, as well as you have borne with them. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• This is a land of fancy, not of fact; so why bring in your hard truths to destroy the glory of tradition? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Is not the Republic the vehicle of three or four great truths which, to Plato's own mind, are most naturally represented in the form of the State? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Men living about London are aware of these awful truths. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Dorothea, with all her eagerness to know the truths of life, retained very childlike ideas about marriage. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I would suggest to such doubters certain obvious distinctions; I would remind them of certain simple truths. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• To formulate new truths in the world of ideas is the prerogative o f minds gifted with exceptional reason. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The old great truths BAD been true. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I must, I will tell you truths while I can. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Yes, but that truth is a thousand truths which grow and change. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Till then they would be pure truths for him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Half-truths and illusions, if you like, but tonic. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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