Belief Quote by Diogenes

“Aristotle, asked what those who tell lies gain by it, replied: That when they speak the truth they are not believed::”

— Elizabeth Bear

Truth lies in a small compass! The Aristotelians say, all truth is contained in Aristotle, in one place or another. Galileo makes Simplicius say…

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

The gain of lying is, not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we speak the truth.

— Walter Raleigh

The gain of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we say the truth.

— Walter Raleigh

“Socrates said that a man doesn’t want what he doesn’t think he lacks. That is, if you believe you have the truth then why…

— Peter Boghossian

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

— Vladimir Lenin

“Lies become truth when they are believed.”

— Grandma

“We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things.”

— Neil Gaiman

Sometimes Aristotle analyses his terms, but very often he takes them for granted; and in the latter case, I think, he is sometimes deceived…

— Gilbert Murray

A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I create lies for people in order for them to find something true about themselves. I teach people that lies are doors that opens…

— Lionel Suggs

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.

— Theodor Adorno