Clever liars give details, but the cleverest don’t. Source Unknown
Clever liars give details, but the cleverest don’t.Lies and LyingQuotations by Source Unknown
Month: November 2008
It is easier to gather up a bag of loose feathers than to round up or head off a single lie. Source Unknown
It is easier to gather up a bag of loose feathers than to round up or head off a single lie.Lies and LyingQuotations by Source …
Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie. Source Unknown
Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie.Lies and LyingQuotations by Source Unknown
One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives. Mark Twain
One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives.Lies and LyingQuotations by Mark Twain
A lie can run around the world six times while the truth is still trying to put on its pants. Mark Twain
A lie can run around the world six times while the truth is still trying to put on its pants.Lies and LyingQuotations by Mark Twain
A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught. Mark Twain
A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.Lies and LyingQuotations by Mark Twain
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. James Thurber
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.Lies and LyingQuotations by James Thurber
If one cannot invent a really convincing lie, it is often better to stick to the truth. Angela Thirkell
If one cannot invent a really convincing lie, it is often better to stick to the truth.Lies and LyingQuotations by Angela Thirkell
You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive. Margaret Thatcher
You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.Lies and LyingQuotations by Margaret Thatcher
This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth. The Talmud
This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.Lies and LyingQuotations by The Talmud
Don’t lie if you don’t have to. Leo Szilard
Don’t lie if you don’t have to.Lies and LyingQuotations by Leo Szilard
Pain forces even the innocent to lie. Publilius Syrus
Pain forces even the innocent to lie.Lies and LyingQuotations by Publilius Syrus
Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. I. F. Stone
Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.Lies and LyingQuotations by I. F. Stone
Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life. George Steiner
Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.Lies and LyingQuotations by George Steiner
I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest. Larry Speakes
I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.Lies and LyingQuotations by Larry Speakes
Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none. Bishop Robert South
Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.Lies and LyingQuotations by Bishop Robert South
In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.Lies and LyingQuotations by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering. Steven Soderbergh
Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.Lies and LyingQuotations by Steven Soderbergh
If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth. Logan Pearsall Smith
If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.Lies and LyingQuotations by Logan Pearsall Smith
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. Paul Simon
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.Lies and LyingQuotations by Paul Simon
Liars need to have good memories. Algernon Sidney
Liars need to have good memories.Lies and LyingQuotations by Algernon Sidney
Lies are usually caused by undue fear of men. Hasidic Saying
Lies are usually caused by undue fear of men.Lies and LyingQuotations by Hasidic Saying
With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back. Russian Proverb
With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back.Lies and LyingQuotations by Russian Proverb
Great talker, great liar. French Proverb
Great talker, great liar.Lies and LyingQuotations by French Proverb
Lying and stealing are next door neighbors. Arabian Proverb
Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.Lies and LyingQuotations by Arabian Proverb
They say is often a great liar. Proverb
They say is often a great liar.Lies and LyingQuotations by Proverb
Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true. Marcel Proust
Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true.Lies and LyingQuotations by Marcel Proust
Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth. Phaedrus
Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.Lies and LyingQuotations by Phaedrus
No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant. Friedrich Nietzsche
No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.Lies and LyingQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. Friedrich Nietzsche
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.Lies and LyingQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche
The lie is a condition of life. Friedrich Nietzsche
The lie is a condition of life.Lies and LyingQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception. Friedrich Nietzsche
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.Lies and LyingQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche
Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.Lies and LyingQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.Lies and LyingQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
I do myself a greater injury in lying that I do him of whom I tell a lie. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
I do myself a greater injury in lying that I do him of whom I tell a lie.Lies and LyingQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.Lies and LyingQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name. A. A. Milne
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.Lies and LyingQuotations by A. A. Milne
When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. Merlin
When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.Lies and LyingQuotations by Merlin
The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe. H. L. Mencken
The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.Lies and LyingQuotations by H. L. Mencken
Good lies need a leavening of truth to make them palatable. William Mcilvanney
Good lies need a leavening of truth to make them palatable.Lies and LyingQuotations by William Mcilvanney