ProverbMoralityEnglish origin

The truth will out

Meaning: The truth cannot stay hidden forever.

Example: “He hid the dent for months, but the truth will out: the garage sent the bill to his wife.”

Origin: A very old saying; Shakespeare gives it to Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice (around 1596): "truth will come to light... at the length truth will out."

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