Enthusiastic Quote by Hosea Ballou

A lie is an excuse guarded

— Jonathan Swift

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

— Margaret Thatcher

An excuse is a lie guarded.

— Jonathan Swift

An excuse is worse and more pathetic than a lie...For an excuse is a lie guarded.

— Anonymous

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

— Anonymous

Oh, they never lie. They dissemble, evade, prevaricate, confound, confuse, distract, obscure, subtly misrepresent and willfully misunderstand with what often appears to be a…

— Anonymous

It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean,…

— Thomas Jefferson

Every life is its own excuse for being, and to deny or refute the untrue things that are said of you is an error…

— Elbert Hubbard

One thing appears reasonably certain, and that's that those who make allegations of a culture of deception, of intimidation or cover-up need to be…

— Donald Rumsfeld

People don't tend to lie about themselves when they're in imminent danger.

— Hark-Joon Lee

“Confirmation bias is the most effective way to go on living a lie.”

— Criss Jami

Especially difficult when the first and best unconscious move of a dedicated liar is to persuade himself he's sincere. And once he's sincere, all…

— Ian Mcewan