2,241 Quotes About Lies

There are lies that heal and truths that kill.

Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, counter-arguing, re-thinking, twisting, straightening, perfecting, then believing every original idea he intends to make public before making it public. There is always an angle from which an absolute truth may appear askew just as there is always a personal emotion, or a personal agenda, which alienates the ultimate good of mankind.

- Он лжёт! Он просто хочет избавиться от тяжкого пути. При чём здесь отпущение грехов? Если человек раскаялся всей душой и ужаснулся своим делам, путь кончится и сам отпустит его.(Отец Дмитрий (Игоревич) - Филиппу Кукушкину)

Mirrors are perpetually deceitful. They lie and steal your true self. They reveal only what your mind believes it sees

The greatest fool is not the person who has been fooled by the lies of others, despite how crafty and ingenious those lies might have been. Rather, it is the fool who has lied with such amazing dexterity and subtle finesse that he himself has come to believe his own lies. And this is the most forlorn and yet the most dangerous person that I can imagine.

A DEAD STATESMANI could not dig: I dared not rob:Therefore I lied to please the mob.Now all my lies are proved untrueAnd I must face the men I slew.What tale shall serve me here amongMine angry and defrauded young?from EPITAPHS OF THE WAR 1914-18

Politics bores you?" Bronsen said.Julien smiled. "It does. Apologies, sir, and it is not that I haven't tried to be fascinated. But careful and meticulous research has suggested the hypothesis that all politicians are liars, fools, and tricksters, and I have as yet come across no evidence to the contrary. They can do great damage, and rarely any good. It is the job of the sensible man to try and protect civilization from their depradations.

The real reason we have faces," Margot Lassiter observes, "is to hold back what we're thinking from the world.

Hold your head high and spit in the face of all lies and deceit.