Quotes by Truism Every commonplace or trite observation is not a truism. Charles Lamb truism observation commonplace Occasionally the impossible happens; this is a truism that accounts for much of what we call good luck; and also, bad. Faith Baldwin truism good-luck impossible There is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism. Gilbert K. Chesterton real-courage truism real The theory of truth is a series of truisms. J. L. Austin truism theory truth cliches are truisms and all truisms are true Jack Kerouac truism cliche It is a general truism of this world that anything long divided will surely unite, and anything long united will surely divide. Luo Guanzhong truism long world I don't feel that I have anything to say beyond moral truisms. Noam Chomsky truism moral feels You don't get to be a respected intellectual by uttering truisms in monosyllables. Noam Chomsky truism intellectual Never utter the truism but live it among men. Ralph Waldo Emerson truism men It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin. Robert Sheckley truism police trouble It is a truism that no row is ever about what it is about. Simon Barnes truism