Motivational Quotes

Lies and lying

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

- Hoffer, Eric

Best Quotes about Lies and lying

1.

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

Watt, James

2.

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

Dunne, Finley Peter

3.

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

4.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

5.

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

Armstrong, Robert

6.

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

Homer

7.

Liars are always ready to take oaths.

Alfieri, Vittorio, Conte Di

8.

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

Thirkell, Angela

9.

No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

10.

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

Greene, Graham

11.

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

12.

Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

Soderbergh, Steven

13.

Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

14.

Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world.

Epictetus

15.

A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

Twain, Mark

16.

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

17.

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

18.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

19.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

20.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

21.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

France, Anatole

22.

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

Steiner, George

23.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

Hoffer, Eric

24.

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

Proverb, Russian

25.

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

Cocteau, Jean

26.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

27.

They say is often a great liar.

Proverb

28.

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

29.

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

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

30.

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

Talmud, The

31.

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

Twain, Mark

32.

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

Szilard, Leo

33.

Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.

Proverb, Arabian

34.

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

Haig, Alexander

35.

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

Zohar

36.

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in masquerade.

Byron, Lord

37.

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''

38.

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

Twain, Mark

39.

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.

Milosz, Ceslaw

40.

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

41.

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.

42.

Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie.

43.

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

Frost, Robert

44.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

Phaedrus

45.

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.

46.

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

Mencken, H. L.

47.

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

Voltaire

48.

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.

49.

Liars need to have good memories.

Sidney, Algernon

50.

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically -- for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist -- but then what isn t?

Crisp, Quentin