Mendacity Quotes

22 quotes by 21 authors

I do not plan in any way to whitewash my sin. I do not call it a mistake, a mendacity; I call it sin. I… — Jimmy Swaggart
One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity… — Bertrand Russell
Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity. — Hans F. Sennholz
Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult matter. — John Hay
If it doesnâ€™t have ambiguity, donâ€™t bother to take it. I love that, that aspect of photographyâ€”the mendacity of photographyâ€”itâ€™s got to have some kind… — Sally Mann
Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear of censure, some… — Ezra Pound
Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope. — Irving Layton
The poor must be wisely visited and liberally cared for, so that mendicity shall not be tempted into mendacity, nor want exasperated into crime. — Robert Charles Winthrop
We live surrounded by a systematic appeal to a dream world which all mature, scientific reality would reject. We, quite literally, advertise our commitment to… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Instead of recognizing the State as â€˜the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men,â€™ the run of mankind, with rare exceptions, regards it… — Albert J. Nock
Deception, machination and mendacity lie at the core of human intelligence, like worms coiled at the core of a apple — Mark Rowlands
Washington's Corruption and Mendacity Is What Makes America 'Exceptional' — Paul Craig Roberts
Age cannot limit him, nor use exhaust his infinite mendacity. — Joseph Furphy
WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency… — Ambrose Bierce
Outrageous fiscal mendacity is neither historically normal nor bipartisan. It's a modern Republican thing. — Paul Krugman
Among all the world's races, some obscure Bedouin tribes possibly apart, Americans are the most prone to misinformation. This is not the consequence of any… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Psychiatric expert testimony: mendacity masquerading as medicine. — Thomas Szasz
Mendacity is a system that we live in," declares Brick. "Liquor is one way out an'death's the other. — Tennessee Williams
I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it. — Barbara Mertz
My child, you have a flawed grasp of the nature of myth-making. I am a poet and storyteller, a creator of ballads and sagas. Pray… — Frances Hardinge

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