Quotes about lies and lying

"If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth."

Smith, Logan Pearsall on lies and lying   

"Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering."

Soderbergh, Steven on lies and lying   

"In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State."

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander on lies and lying   

"Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none."

South, Bishop Robert on lies and lying   

"I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest."

Speakes, Larry on lies and lying   

"Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life."

Steiner, George on lies and lying   

"There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies."

Sterling, John on lies and lying   

"The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his mouth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator."

Stevenson, Robert Louis on lies and lying   

"Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed."

Stone, I. F. on lies and lying   

"Pain forces even the innocent to lie."

Syrus, Publilius on lies and lying   

"Don't lie if you don't have to."

Szilard, Leo on lies and lying   

"This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth."

Talmud, The on lies and lying   

"You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive."

Thatcher, Margaret on lies and lying   

"If one cannot invent a really convincing lie, it is often better to stick to the truth."

Thirkell, Angela on lies and lying   

"You can fool too many of the people too much of the time."

Thurber, James on lies and lying   

"If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would be no lies."

Traven, B. on lies and lying
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"A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught."

Twain, Mark on lies and lying   

"A lie can run around the world six times while the truth is still trying to put on its pants."

Twain, Mark on lies and lying
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"I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won t."

Twain, Mark on lies and lying
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"One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives."

Twain, Mark on lies and lying
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"Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie."

Unknown, Source on lies and lying   

"Where lies are easily admitted, the father of lies is not easily kept out. Source unknown A great leader molds public opinion, a wise leader listens to it."

Unknown, Source on lies and lying   

"Some lies are so well disguised to resemble truth, that we should be poor judges of the truth not to believe them."

Unknown, Source on lies and lying   

"It is easier to gather up a bag of loose feathers than to round up or head off a single lie."

Unknown, Source on lies and lying   

"Clever liars give details, but the cleverest don't."

Unknown, Source on lies and lying   

"Burning lies led to my silent cries Keeping it inside I've got everything to hide. lustful desire, a burning fire You are the flame, You are to blame. Beautiful light deliver me from fright dreams full of lust. Or is the dream dreaming us? PHYSICAL PAIN don't call me insane. I don't want to be dead but all beautiful colors bleed to red"

Unknown, Source on lies and lying   

"A fellow who says he has never told a lie has just told one."

Unknown, Source on lies and lying   

"When you rationalize, you do just that. You make rational lies."

Unknown, Source on lies and lying
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"I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms."

Voltaire on lies and lying
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"A lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on."

Watt, James on lies and lying
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"The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company."

Wilde, Oscar on lies and lying
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"As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection."

Wilde, Oscar on lies and lying   

"Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other."

Williams, Tennessee on lies and lying   

"Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie."

Wittgenstein, Ludwig on lies and lying   

"If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it."

Zohar on lies and lying   

"A lie is just the truth masquerading as bullshit."

Wakcher, Michael on lies and lying   

"I can't say I haven't lied but I can say that I lied to tell the truth."

Dye, James on lies and lying   

"A successful lie cannot be brought into this world and capriciously abandoned; like any committed relationship, it must be maintained, and with far more devotion than the truth, which carries on being carelessly true without any help."

Shriver, Lionel on lies and lying   

"The mirror will only lie, when you look at it through a mask."

Liccione, Anthony on lies and lying