--- title: "13 Truth Easier Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Truth Easier quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Truth Easier sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/lecrae-981_being-lied_the-less-time-you-spend-with-truth-the-e_2833848.png" --- > [The less time you spend with Truth, the easier it is to believe lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lecrae/the-less-time-you-spend-with-truth-the-easier-it-is-to-believe-lies/) [LeCrae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lecrae/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/lecrae-981_being-lied_the-less-time-you-spend-with-truth-the-e_2833848.png) > [The truth is, it's easier for me to write than talk... to express the state I'm in at any time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/the-truth-is-it-s-easier-for-me-to-write-than-talk-to-express-the/) [Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/joan-didion-497_any_the-truth-is-it-s-easier-for-me-to-write_2294186.jpg) > [“Always tell the truth, it's easier to remember.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-mashayekhi/always-tell-the-truth-it-s-easier-to-remember/) [Reza Mashayekhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-mashayekhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/reza-mashayekhi-93639_easier_always-tell-the-truth-it-s-easier-to-rem_397523.jpg) > [“sometimes you have to force-feed yourself the truth. It’s easier to swallow down the road.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kailyn-lowry/sometimes-you-have-to-force-feed-yourself-the-truth-it-s-easier-to/) [Kailyn Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kailyn-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b65/kailyn-lowry-51719_truth_sometimes-you-have-to-force-feed-yoursel_2194171.jpg) > [Once ...Why ...lie? ...when ...truth is ...the easier path](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/once-why-lie-when-truth-is-the-easier-path/) [Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/ellen-hopkins-475_easier_once-why-lie-when-truth-is-the-easier-pa_2422363.png) > [Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/nothing-in-this-world-is-harder-than-speaking-the-truth-nothing/) [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_easier_nothing-in-this-world-is-harder-than-spe_987713.png) > [A great error is more easily propagated than a great truth, because it is easier to believe, than to reason, and because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-francois-dupuis/a-great-error-is-more-easily-propagated-than-a-great-truth-because-it/) [Charles-Francois Dupuis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-francois-dupuis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/charles-francois-dupuis-78368_atheism_a-great-error-is-more-easily-propagated_1745318.jpg) > [It's easier to tell a lie, than to tell the truth. It's easier to kill a fly, than it is to turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-harrison/it-s-easier-to-tell-a-lie-than-to-tell-the-truth-it-s-easier-to-kill/) [George Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/george-harrison-654_easier_it-s-easier-to-tell-a-lie-than-to-tell-t_2367464.jpg) > [The truth is easier when you leavin' it out. Like when you "5 minutes away" but you're just leavin your house?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wordsworth/the-truth-is-easier-when-you-leavin-it-out-like-when-you-5-minutes/) [William Wordsworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wordsworth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/william-wordsworth-403_easier_the-truth-is-easier-when-you-leavin-it-o_1905178.jpg) > [The truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion - easier to deal with and easier to live with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-always-easier-than-a-lie-or-an-evasion-easier-to-deal/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/anonymous-1_deals_the-truth-is-always-easier-than-a-lie-or_74351.jpg) > [Telling the truth is easier than lying. And forcing yourself to tell the truth means that you'll be motivated to make better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/telling-the-truth-is-easier-than-lying-and-forcing-yourself-to-tell/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/anonymous-1_life_telling-the-truth-is-easier-than-lying-a_433638.jpg) > [The first sentence of the truth is always the hardest. Each of us had a first sentence, and most of us found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/the-first-sentence-of-the-truth-is-always-the-hardest-each-of-us-had/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/david-levithan-67_easier_the-first-sentence-of-the-truth-is-alway_2548956.jpg) > [“We will make them tell us what it is," said Poirot. "Third degree?" said Colonel Carbury. "No." Poirot shook his head. "Just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/we-will-make-them-tell-us-what-it-is-said-poirot-third-degree-said/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/agatha-christie-154_truth_we-will-make-them-tell-us-what-it-is-sai_1853344.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/truth-easier/#itemlist", "name": "Truth Easier Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The less time you spend with Truth, the easier it is to believe lies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "LeCrae" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lecrae/the-less-time-you-spend-with-truth-the-easier-it-is-to-believe-lies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/lecrae-981_being-lied_the-less-time-you-spend-with-truth-the-e_2833848.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/lecrae-981_being-lied_the-less-time-you-spend-with-truth-the-e_2833848.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/lecrae-981_being-lied_the-less-time-you-spend-with-truth-the-e_2833848.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The less time you spend with Truth, the easier it is to believe lies.” — LeCrae", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The truth is, it's easier for me to write than talk... to express the state I'm in at any time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joan Didion" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/the-truth-is-it-s-easier-for-me-to-write-than-talk-to-express-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/joan-didion-497_any_the-truth-is-it-s-easier-for-me-to-write_2294186.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/joan-didion-497_any_the-truth-is-it-s-easier-for-me-to-write_2294186.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/joan-didion-497_any_the-truth-is-it-s-easier-for-me-to-write_2294186.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The truth is, it's easier for me to write than talk... to express the state I'm in at any time.” — Joan Didion", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Always tell the truth, it's easier to remember.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Reza Mashayekhi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-mashayekhi/always-tell-the-truth-it-s-easier-to-remember/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/reza-mashayekhi-93639_easier_always-tell-the-truth-it-s-easier-to-rem_397523.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/reza-mashayekhi-93639_easier_always-tell-the-truth-it-s-easier-to-rem_397523.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/reza-mashayekhi-93639_easier_always-tell-the-truth-it-s-easier-to-rem_397523.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Always tell the truth, it's easier to remember.” — Reza Mashayekhi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“sometimes you have to force-feed yourself the truth. 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