Truth will out
One way or another, in spite of all efforts to conceal it, the truth will come to be known.
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truth will out
truth will outThe facts will be known, as in She thought she could get away with it, but truth will out, and I'm sure she'll get caught. Shakespeare used this idiom in The Merchant of Venice (2:2): “But in the end truth will out.” Also see murder will out.
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But Truth will out even on a visit.
From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Rudyard Kipling
Truth will out, if it be a long while hidden.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
Truth will out, and the truth about Western Australia is out of the designing promoter's bag now, never to be caught in it again.
From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss
Truth will out as sure as the sun will shine, and the manager cannot conceal his subordinates' abilities and pass them off as his own for any length of time.
From Dollars and Sense by William Crosbie Hunter
"Truth will out," said a witty English judge, "even in an affidavit."
From Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers by Louis Raemaekers
Eventually, as in any satisfying story, the truth will out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
The truth will out, we keep telling ourselves.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2018
In the digital present, we’ve come to expect that cover-ups don’t last, that the truth will out, usually sooner rather than later.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2015
"The younger ones realize that the digital swarm can work this out, that whoever is egregious or wrong, they'll be dealt with and the truth will out."
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2012
Oh, well, it is no matter—the truth will out sometime, though I would rather wait till her success is assured.
From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
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