181 Quotes About Falsehood

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

Lies cannot succeed without some perception of honesty

Lies sound like facts to those who've been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth.

A true prophet would rather be believed false by many but actually true than believed true by many but actually false.

The closest thing is, uh, in 1917, they say, uh, The Great- the Great Pandemic; and it certainly was a terrible thing where they lost anywhere from 50 to 100 million people; probably ended the Second World War, all the soldiers were sick.

The names they gave were false ones, though the vows they made were true.

I just wish this social institution [religion] wasn't based on what appears to me to be a monumental hoax built on an accumulation of customs and myths directed toward proving something that isn't true.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.