River of Time

To your own self be true, the truth shall set you free
A lie which is half a truth is ever the wicked of lies

Be vigilant! A lie begets a lie

Truths and roses have thorns around them
truth's best ornaments are nakedness and shame

Truth is truth to the end of reckoning
truth needs not many words

Truth will prevail the truth of the Lord endures forever
daughter of time, truth knows no fears truth will out

And, like a horse unbroken
When first he feels the rein,
The furious river struggled hard,
And tossed his tawny mane,
And burst the curb and bounded,
Rejoicing to be free,
And whirling down, in fierce career,
Battlement, and plank, and pier,
Rushed headlong to the sea.

From Horatius - Lord Macauly