Deceit Quote by Aristotle Download Open image “All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.” — Aristotle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Deceit Dishonesty Falsehood Gains Lying Speak Speak the truth Truth
Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult. Even with no motive to be false, it is very hard to say the exact truth. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Truth is so good a thing that falsehood can not afford to be without it. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The gain of lying is, not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we speak the truth. — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
The gain of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we say the truth. — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
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It is difficult to say what truth is, but sometimes it is so easy to recognize a falsehood. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
“When a honest man speaks, he says only what he believes to be true; and for the liar, it is correspondingly indispensable that he… — Harry Frankfurt Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind is at its best about the age of forty-nine. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Where there are kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed), there is worldly life. As long as anger-pride-deceit-greed exist; one is a sansaari [living a worldly life] regardless of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“The fact that I can get away with something is the very reason why I shouldn’t do it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't let him, trick you into thinking he will always be there for you, because the minute a more prettier women walks into the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A false mind is false in everything, just as a cross eye always looks askant. But one may err once, nay, a hundred times,… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is… — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
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While the prosecution has said this is about the defendants lies, one worries that those lies already have been buried under too much discussion… — David Berg Copy Share Image
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
“They have secret weapons that break the heart of innocents, elevate stress levels, shoot down to make it look guilt. They can burn from… — Maria Karvouni Copy Share Image
