“When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.”
“In writing, Truth is more important than Beauty.”
“That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.”
“One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences.”
“The truth is more important than the facts.”
“Truth is sometimes more important than the facts.”