181 Quotes About Falsehood

Modesty, if you consider it, is the most unforgivable sort of falsehood: it's a lie that does damage to no one but yourself.

All lies are not meant to deceive, some become inevitable in a society lacking in transparency and openness.

Euphemisms are used by individuals who try so hard to mince words or aren’t bold enough to say the truth or sound outrageous.

You don’t need to walk a thousand miles to meet one liar

with cunning colubrine and malice viperine and sleights serpentine

Do you ever wonder why it is that many of history's titanic intellects managed to come to radically different conclusions? The answer is simple: If you begin your system of thought by refusing to acknowledge what you know to be true - if you start with a lie - the more brilliant and consistent you are in following that premise, the further from truth you will go.

Now hear a plain fact: Swedenborg has not written one new truth. Now hear another: he has written all the old falsehoods.

We unintentionally bring a false sense of self when we approach God

There is no truthhood which can refute all falsehoods.