Falsehood Quotes

380 Falsehood quotes by 263 unique authors

The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul. — E. M. Forster
Perhaps, indeed, there are no truly universal ethics: or to put it more precisely, the ways in which ethical principles are interpreted will inevitably differ… — Howard Gardner
Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary,… — Mercedes Lackey
When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness? — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I said you lie, knave!” shouted Beaumains, drawing his sword. “And for telling such craven falsehoods, you must die!” The knight looked plaintively at Roger.… — Gerald Morris
the growth of intimacy is like that. First one gives off his best picture, the bright and finished product mended with bluff and falsehood and… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of a man of… — Alexandre Dumas
For where is the man that has incontestable evidence of the truth of all that he holds, or of the falsehood of all he condemns;… — John Locke
Truth at last cannot be hidden. Dissimulation is of no avail. Dissimulation is to no purpose before so great a judge. Falsehood puts on a… — Leonardo da Vinci
As in all infant sciences, the universal habit of the human mind - to take a partial or local truth, generalise it unduly and try… — Sri Aurobindo
In the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as a truth. Man made the truths… — Sherwood Anderson
There can be no stronger proof of the impoverishment of our contemporary culture than the popular - though profoundly mistaken - definition of myth as… — Rollo May
Waiting required a future to wait for: a falsehood. I know now that there is only now. I remember things that happened months (or what… — Kij Johnson
So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find… — Tacitus
Yes, of course, there's something fishy about describing people's feelings. You try hard to be accurate, but as soon as you start to define such… — Iris Murdoch
Maybe honesty is overvalued. What's truly priceless is picking out from a stream of falsehoods the ones you most need to hear. — Jodi Picoult
If believing absurd falsehoods increase the odds of getting laid or avoiding predators, your brain will believe those falsehoods with all its metaphorical little heart. — Peter Watts
It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth! — Fyodor Dostoevsky
There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and… — Henrik Ibsen
He had two lives: one, open, seen and known by all who cared to know, full of relative truth and of relative falsehood, exactly like… — Anton Chekhov
We must remember that there is a great difference between a myth and a miracle. A myth is the idealization of a fact. A miracle… — Robert Green Ingersoll
What is beauty? Beauty is no more than a trick; a delusion; the influence of excited particles and electrons colliding in your eyes, jostling in… — Lauren Oliver
This is what I do know: A lie, however well-intended, can't prepare you for reality or change the world... To tell the truth is to… — Mira Grant
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple… — William Shakespeare
My friend, the truth is always implausible, did you know that? To make the truth more plausible, it's absolutely necessary to mix a bit of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky

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