Impossible Quote by Harry Frankfurt

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to…

— Samuel Butler

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

— Theodor Adorno

“What has become clear is that lies are just a temporary solution to a permanent problem. Lying to spare a person's feelings, even when…

— Veronica Roth

It is, perhaps, a debatable question, whether a person who has always been notoriously in the habit of lying, has a right to tell…

— George D. Prentice

Lying is a cooperative act. Think about it. A lie has no power whatsoever by its mere utterance. Its power emerges when someone else…

— Pamela Meyer

The lie has long since lost its honest function of misrepresenting reality. Nobody believes anybody, everyone is in the know. Lies are told only…

— Anonymous

Some people really hate being lied to but if they really wanna know the truth could they handle it?

— Anonymous

Liars think if they lie enough, they can squeeze out a situation. Lying does nothing but complicate and aggravate things.

— Enhance Dreams

He who does not lie does not know what truth is.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Sometimes its for the best to lie as ther are do who can't handle the truth ut instead believes in lies.

— Simphiwe Dumi

Lying is sometimes acted, insinuated, or implied, in a manner as injurious and shameful as when the falsehood is spoken outright.

— Elias Lyman Magoon

Lies are usually attempts to make everything simpler - for the liar - than it really is, or ought to be.

— Adrienne Rich