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Tell the truth and shame the Devil (Shakespeare, Henry IV),

Proverbs and old sayings British about shame, truth, devil, old, olderness

(The) truth will out

Proverbs and old sayings British about truth, old, olderness

Ask the truth from a child.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about children, truth

Buy the truth but never sell it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about commerce, truth

The greatest truth is the simplest one.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about truth

Sometimes a lie is kinder than a truth.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about lie, truth

A lie has many variations, the truth none.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about lie, truth

Whoever tells the truth is chased out of nine villages.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about truth

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about lie, truth

The worst you can do to truth is to cloth it in lies, you can't undo it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about truth, contentment

The words you say to tell the truth are as important as the decision to be truthful.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about truth, word, contentment

It's better to be punished for telling the truth than to be rewarded for saying lies.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about truth

The truth is better than a lie.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about lie, truth, americans

Conscience is only another name for truth.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about conscience, name, truth, americans

Folks like the truth that hits their neighbor.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about truth, americans

Don't believe your enemy even when he's telling the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about faith, enemies, truth, americans

He who speaks the truth must have one foot in the stirrup.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about truth, americans

Follow not truth too near the heels lest it dash out your teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about truth, americans

There is no lie spun so fine, through which the truth won't shine.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about lie, truth, americans

It is good to know the truth, but it is better to speak of palm trees.

Proverbs and old sayings Arab about truth, good, good luck