Certainly
True
True adverb - As acknowledged.
Both words in one sentence
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Can be considered a negative if a character's true nature is to be vulgar or pure evil - a Card-Carrying Villain is certainly being true to himself, but that doesn't make him a good person.
Source: Be Yourself - However, while you can't lie, you certainly can say things that are not true provided that you believe them to be true.
Source: Language of Truth -
When Rick doesn't believe the Terror Mask, he tells Rick that, if a good guy like Rick could do a few bad things (which he certainly has at this point), then the opposite could be true with himself.
Source: Video Game / Splatterhouse
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