Lying Quotes

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I think it was David Hume who put it slightly vulgarly, this was again about the virgin birth I think. Which is more likely... that… — Christopher Hitchens
As to the book called the bible, it is blasphemy to call it the Word of God. It is a book of lies and contradictions… — Thomas Paine
Prophesying is lying professionally. — Thomas Paine
Take away from Genesis the belief that Moses was the author, on which only the strange believe that it is the word of God has… — Thomas Paine
One of the hardest lessons we have to learn in this life, and one that many persons never learn, is to see the divine, the… — John Burroughs
Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for… — Bill Bradley
Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict.… — John Hume
Man can certainly keep on lying... but he cannot make truth falsehood. He can certainly rebel... but he can accomplish nothing which abolishes the choice… — Karl Barth
When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a… — Donald James
We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss. — Democritus
You should not fool the laymen when you're talking as a scientist... . I'm talking about a specific, extra type of integrity that is not… — Richard P. Feynman
The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things. — Elise M. Boulding
Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself. — Sydney J. Harris
Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying. — Vincent de Paul
It is better to ultimately succeed with the truth than to temporarily succeed with a lie. — Adrian Rogers
The process [of mass-media deception] has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also has to be… — George Orwell
Men hate those to whom they have to lie. — Victor Hugo
Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it. — Adolf Hitler
The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities,… — Mark Twain
...most men have bound their eyes with one or another handkerchief, and attached themselves to some one of these communities of opinion. This conformity makes… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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