181 Quotes About Falsehood

A pretender in a false world can go a long way.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

What could he and she really know of each other, since it was his duty, as a "decent" fellow, to conceal his past from her, and hers, as a marriageable girl, to have no past to conceal?

... He was a bad courtier and painted an ambiguous picture entitled La Menzogna or Falsehood, to show what he felt about the need for dissimulation to achieve success; a man holds up a mask to indicate to his companion that he must adopt it if he wants to make progress at court... ... The clear message was that Rosa was not prepared to demean himself in that way.

Love knows no fear and so love needs no falsehood to support it.

Americans know something without a name is undermining the nation, turning the mind mushy when it comes to separating truth from falsehood and right from wrong.

There are times when a falsehood well told bridges over quite a difficulty, but in the long run, you had better tell the truth, even if you swim the creek.

It is better to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood

The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood.