Lying Quotes

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I have learned that in a long life we all eventually play the part of the betrayed, and we all eventually play the part of… — Robert Wagner
The most common sort of lie is the one uttered to one's self. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is often the case that a man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one. — Mark Twain
That lies should be necessary to life is part and parcel of the terrible and questionable character of existence. — Friedrich Nietzsche
A liar goes in fine clothes, a liar goes in rags, a liar is a liar, clothes or no clothes. — Carl Sandburg
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain. — Saadi
Dishonesty is the raw material not of quacks only, but also in great part dupes. — Thomas Carlyle
We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
All stealing is comparative. If you come to absolutes, pray who does not steal. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is something in corruption which, like a jaundiced eye, transfers the color of itself to the object it looks upon, and sees everything stained… — Thomas Paine
A Falsehood is, in one sense, a dead thing; but too often it moves about, galvanized by self-will, and pushes the living out of their… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be found out" is despicable, but nevertheless, it is the one thing you can never get away from. — Emily Post
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie. — Juvenal
Anecdote: In a controversial way, Comedian and actor Bill Cosby sought to teach his son the pain of being lied to. Convinced his son had… — Bill Cosby
Let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this precept well to… — Thomas Carlyle
The evil in our desires typically does not lie in what we want, but that we want it too much. — John Calvin
The Christian faith, simply stated, reminds us that our fundamental problem is not moral; rather, our fundamental problem is spiritual. It is not just that… — Ravi Zacharias
...As the great Confucius said, "The one who would be in constant happiness must frequently change." Flow. But we keep looking back, don't we? We… — Anthony de Mello
Columbus's eggs lie around by the hundreds of thousands, but Columbuses are met with less frequency. — Adolf Hitler
I have a lot on my plate. I'm not going to lie about it, I'm tired. I'm really tired but I'm also very happy with… — Victoria Beckham

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