Excellence Quote by Isaac D'Israeli

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

— Denis Diderot

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

— Anonymous

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a…

— Martha Gellhorn

Shame on all eloquence which leaves us with a taste for itself and not for its substance.

— Michel de Montaigne

I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and an evil time.

— Auberon Herbert

Truth is disputable, not human taste.

— David Hume

A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right.

— Jodi Picoult

The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from God's grace;…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

— Mel Brooks

We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others.

— Michel de Montaigne

A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right, like when you pop a…

— Jodi Picoult

It's better to be sad with the bitter facts rather than being happy with sweet lies.

— Anonymous