Falsehood Quotes

380 Falsehood quotes by 263 unique authors

I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty… — Abraham Lincoln
Imagination is the deceptive part in man, the mistress of error and falsehood. — Blaise Pascal
Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented. — Georges Braque
What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public. — Vilhjalmur Stefansson
There is no merit where there is no trial; and till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes, and faith for… — Aaron Hill
Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Hypostatized into a ritual pattern, Marxian theory becomes ideology. But its content and function distinguish it from classical forms of ideology; it is not false… — Herbert Marcuse
Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear,… — George W. Romney
For a government to declare a vice to be a crime, and to punish it as such, is an attempt to falsify the very nature… — Lysander Spooner
What cursed spirit of falsehood moveth priests to close themselves within stone walls for all their life, since Christ commanded all his apostles and priests… — John Wycliffe
The notion that you can endanger your physical and mental health by letting strong passions go unsatisfied is a vicious falsehood. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Autobiography is a genre notorious for falsehood. — Robert Pinsky
To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. — Frank Herbert
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid… — John F. Kennedy
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. — Tryon Edwards
This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love. — Peace Pilgrim
Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods. — Samuel P. Huntington
Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their claims. Hence, they are less likely to be accepted as… — Samuel P. Huntington
Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred years, was destroyed… — John Edward Redmond
The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man… — Ernestine Rose
Our analysis of truth and falsehood, or of the nature of judgment, is not very likely to be influenced by our hopes and fears. — Charles D. Broad
Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it. — Samuel Johnson
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall… — Bible
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,… — Bible
As I've said, I've been advised not to get into the specifics out there. Is there some truth out there? Yes. Is there a lot… — Jeff Gannon

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