Aristotle could say, that the nature of man is made for truth. Cicero could say, that Quod verum, simplex, inneenaiurue est, id natures hominis accommodatissimum est: Verity and virtue were ever taken as the inseparable perfections of man. Pythagoras could say, that to love truth and do good, were the two things that made man likest to God, and therefore were his two most excellent gifts. Plato could say, that truth was the best rhetoric and the sweetest oration. Epictetus could say, that truth is a thing immortal, eternal, of all things most precious; better than friendship, as being less obnoxious to blind affections. Jamblichus could say, that as light naturally and constantly accompanieth the sun, so truth accompanieth God and all that follow him. Epaminondas is praised for that he would not lie, no not in jest Pomponius Atticus was so great a hater of a lie, that all nis friends were desirous to trust him with their business, and use him as their counsellor. He knoweth not what use man’s understanding or his tongue were made for, that knoweth not the excellency of truth.
Baxter, R., (1838). The Practical Works of Richard Baxter. (pp. 353-361).