Falsehood Quotes

380 Falsehood quotes by 263 unique authors

The accursed one does not allow the eye of the heart to see the Lord or His saints. He darkens our heart in every way.… — John of Kronstadt
The Lord called Himself and is the 'good Shepherd' (Jn. 10:11). If you believe in His guidance, then you will understand by your heart that… — John of Kronstadt
Do not talk about the soul, heaven, or God. Talking about something that is not yet a reality for you amounts to falsehood. — Jaggi Vasudev
PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perpetuating falsehood. — Ambrose Bierce
I want to make sure every House Republican is protected from some kind of dishonest Democratic ad. So let me say on the record, any… — Newt Gingrich
People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality. This mistaken view may have… — Richard Dawkins
No one that has ever been in combat ever wants to see war anywhere in the world. It is horrible. It's horrible looking at the… — Matt Shea
My facts shall be falsehoods to the common sense. I would so state facts that they shall be significant, shall be myths or mythologic. Facts… — Henry David Thoreau
The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have… — William Cobbett
Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary: they believe what they are paid for - they swear to that which turns to account. Do you suppose,… — William Hazlitt
We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have resolved that they shall not… — Denis Kearney
There is no crime more infamous than the violation of truth. It is apparent that men can be social beings no longer than they believe… — Samuel Johnson
Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness. — Leonardo da Vinci
We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things. — Hesiod
The dust of controversy is merely the falsehood flying off. — Thomas Carlyle
If the soul is impartial in receiving information, it devotes to that information the share of critical investigation the information deserves, and its truth or… — Ibn Khaldun
Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others. — Arnold Bennett
The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth. — William O. Douglas
As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness. — Jawaharlal Nehru
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious… — Tacitus
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong. — Maimonides
Truth can be sliced a hundred different ways, and it will still remain true, but falsehood shrinks into the shadows, hoping never to be tested,… — Chris Johnson
We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence,… — Ludwig Borne
Whatever may be the sociological value of the legal fiction that 'all men are born free and equal,' there can be no doubt that...in its… — Earnest Hooton

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