“Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.”– George Eliot Related Quotes “To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who’s your real friend? It’s the person who tells you the truth. That’s who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.”– Bill Maher “It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.”– Henry David Thoreau “We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.”– Marcus Tullius Cicero