Falsehoods Quotes

67 Falsehoods quotes by 59 unique authors

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
None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Children are natural mythologists: they beg to be told tales, and love not only to invent but to enact falsehoods. — George Santayana
Human beings fear light and knowledge and power. There is a weird quirky sort of thing that happens with people. When you log on to… — Frederick Lenz
If we believe that he [Jesus Christ]really countenanced the follies, the falsehoods, and the charlatanisms, which his biographers [writers of the New Testament]father upon him,… — Thomas Jefferson
Malice, in its false witness, promotes its tale with so cunning a confusion, so mingles truths with falsehoods, surmises with certainties, causes of no moment… — Philip Sidney
Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the… — George Farquhar
I am not engaged to Christianity by decent forms, or saving ordinances; it is not usage, it is not what I do not understand, that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. — Margaret Fuller
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. — Thomas Jefferson
It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them… — Anne Sullivan Macy
A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods. — Maurice Maeterlinck
The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces,… — John Stuart Mill
Every fact in my films is true. And yet how often do I have to read over and over again about supposed falsehoods? — Michael Moore
'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. — Alexander Pope
Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves. — Daniel Webster
Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and… — Emma Goldman
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
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
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
Some years ago I was struck by the large number of falsehoods that I had accepted as true in my childhood, and by the highly… — Rene Descartes
And the light by which she had read the book filled with troubles, falsehoods, sorrow, and evil, flared up more brightly than ever before, lighted… — Leo Tolstoy
The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth… — John Stuart Mill

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