Motivational Quotes

Lies and lying

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

- Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

Best Quotes about Lies and lying

1.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

2.

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

3.

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

Feather, William

4.

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

Belloc, Hilaire

5.

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

6.

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

Twain, Mark

7.

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

Zohar

8.

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

Cocteau, Jean

9.

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

Williams, Tennessee

10.

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

11.

Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie.

12.

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

Frost, Robert

13.

Liars are always ready to take oaths.

Alfieri, Vittorio, Conte Di

14.

If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, they even swear by it.

Franklin, Billy Boy

15.

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

16.

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

Thirkell, Angela

17.

Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.

Crowley, Aleister

18.

Liars need to have good memories.

Sidney, Algernon

19.

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

South, Bishop Robert

20.

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

21.

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

Voltaire

22.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

France, Anatole

23.

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

24.

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

25.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

26.

They say is often a great liar.

Proverb

27.

Good lies need a leavening of truth to make them palatable.

Mcilvanney, William

28.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

29.

What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!

Bernanos, Georges

30.

Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

Soderbergh, Steven

31.

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

Watt, James

32.

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

33.

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.

34.

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won t.

Twain, Mark

35.

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

Dunne, Finley Peter

36.

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

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander

37.

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

Armstrong, Robert

38.

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

39.

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

Simon, Paul

40.

Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone.

Bowen, Elizabeth

41.

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''

42.

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

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

43.

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

Merlin

44.

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

Proverb, Russian

45.

Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.

Proverb, Arabian

46.

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

Kant, Immanuel

47.

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

48.

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

49.

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.

Antrim, Minna

50.

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