181 Quotes About Falsehood

It's okay to be honest about not knowing rather than spreading falsehood. While it is often said that honesty is the best policy, silence is the second best policy.

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve. This is true even of the pious brethren who carry the gospel to foreign parts.

TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD ARE ONLY FOUR FINGERS APART. WHAT WE HEAR WITH OUR EARS IS FALSE AND WHAT WE SEE WITH OUR EYES IS TRUE.

I will take all my rights! Can you deliver them to my house?

You should be the model for all men,But your affairs are crooked!The standard for all men cheats the whole land!The vintner of evil waters his plot with crimes,Until his plot sprouts falsehood,His estate flows with crimes!

[His research into biblical criticism had lead him to the conclusion that most of what was contained in traditional religion simply wasn't true]Was I to lie in order to teach the truth? ...Was I to repeat these words? It was impossible. It was certain they would stick in my throat. On these grounds the separation was decided by me.

To invent anything at all is an act of sheer genius, and, in a commercial age like ours, shows considerable physical courage. Few of our modern novelists dare to invent a single thing. It is an open secret that they don't know how to do it. Upon the other hand, to corroborate a falsehood is a distinctly cowardly action. I know it is a thing that the newspapers do one for the other, every day, but it is not the act of a gentleman. No Gentleman ever corroborates anything.

Is there an intelligent man or woman now in the world who believes in the Garden of Eden story? If you find any man who believes it, strike his forehead and you will hear an echo. Something is for rent.

A lie carries a weight that is exponentially higher than the truth. It’s weight will retard growth directly in proportion to the area lied.