Latin translation?

i am getting a tattoo with Latin in it because it is a beautiful... i wanted to know how it to write.... "Speak the Truth" as in [you must always] Speak the Truth....one good correct translation please for 10 points



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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>Latin translation?
Latin has two words for truth - 'veritas', in an abstract sense as a principle or quality and 'verus', in a concrete sense - that which is true. For what you want, a form of 'verus' should be used.



For that, the Romans used the plural of the neuter form 'verum'. The Romans used used the plural because they looked on 'truth' as a collection of specific, individual things.



The verb to be used is 'dicere' - although another verb, 'loqui'. could also be used. Latin handled verbs differently. In English, when you say 'Speak!', that could be addressed to one person or several. The Romans made a distinction between one and more than one.



With all that out of the way:



Vera dic = Speak the truth - addressed to one person

Vera dicite = Same, addressed to more than one person.



If you wanted the 'always' in the quote:



Vera semper dic (or dicite).Latin translation?
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Latin translation?
"Verum dicere" : "speaking the truth"



"nihili nisi verum" : "nothing but the truth"



"Veritas vos liberabit" : "The truth will set you free"



"fictio cedit veritati" : "fiction yields to the truth"