Motivational Quotes

Lies and lying

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

- Belloc, Hilaire

Best Quotes about Lies and lying

That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.

Haig, Alexander

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

Churchill, Winston

One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives.

Twain, Mark

When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.

Feather, William

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

Simon, Paul

Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, little institutional lies from the print of newspapers, the shock waves of television, and the sentimental cheats of the movie screen.

Mailer, Norman

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

Thirkell, Angela

It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.

Armstrong, Robert

A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.

Dunne, Finley Peter

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In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time till at length it becomes habitual.

Jefferson, Thomas

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

Zohar

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

Szilard, Leo

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Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it

Beecher, Lyman

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To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.

Plato

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

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

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Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

Evans

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Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Speakes, Larry

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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

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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

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With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back.

Proverb, Russian

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Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.

Canetti, Elias

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A lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on.

Watt, James

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When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

Merlin

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By a lie, a man...annihilates his dignity as a man.

Kant, Immanuel

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He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.

Greene, Graham

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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.

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One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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I detest the man who hides one thing in the depth of his heart and speaks forth another.

Homer

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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.

Paige, Leroy ''Satchel''

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A liar is full of oaths.

Corneille, Pierre

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I do myself a greater injury in lying that I do him of whom I tell a lie.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Aristotle

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

South, Bishop Robert

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In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

Greene, Graham

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Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forbearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that -- being what it is -- it falls so short of in fact and in deed.

Luce, Clare Boothe

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Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

Soderbergh, Steven

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

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It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

Belloc, Hilaire

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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.

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Liars are always ready to take oaths.

Alfieri, Vittorio, Conte Di

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I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

Voltaire

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The middle of the road is where the white line is -- and that's the worst place to drive.

Frost, Robert

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Liars need to have good memories.

Sidney, Algernon

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When the world has got hold of a lie, it is astonishing how hard it is to kill it. You beat it over the head, till it seems to have given up the ghost, and behold! the next day it is as healthy as ever.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.

Rowland, Helen

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They say is often a great liar.

Proverb