6,640 Quotes About Lying

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.

My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me.

No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth.

Stop lying to yourself. When we deny our own truth, we deny our own potential.

I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.

There is nothing worse for the lying soul than the mirror of reality.

Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.

On the whole, lying is a cheerful affair. Embellishments are intended to give pleasure. People long to tell you what they imagine you want to hear. They want to amuse you; they want to amuse themselves; they want to show you a good time. This is beyond hospitality. This is art.

Die meisten Lügen sind wahr und spinnen sich von ganz allein, kaum jemand kannte diese Wahrheit besser als Colin Darcy. Wenn man erst einmal der Melodie der Worte zu lauschen beginnt, dann pfeift man sie bald selbst. Und wenn Lügen wie kunstvolle Lieder sind, dann gehörte Helen Darcy, Colins Mutter, zu jenem seltenen Menschenschlag, der allzeit eine beschwingte Melodie auf den Lippen trägt.