Degrees Quote by Mark Twain

An injurious truth has no merit over an injurious lie. Neither should ever be uttered. The man who speaks an injurious truth, lest his…

— Mark Twain

I do not like an injurious lie, except when it injures somebody else.

— Mark Twain

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

— Elias Lyman Magoon

The most intangible, and therefore the worst, kind of a lie is a half truth. This is the peculiar device of a conscientious detractor.

— Washington Allston

“In my opinion, a lie is a physical act, verbal statement, or omission, deliberately designed to deceive another of the truth.”

— David Craig

Truth is hard-hearted and unrelenting, too clear, precise; a lie is much more imaginative.

— Dejan Stojanovic

“A lie distorts the image of reality. It is a delusion of the human mind which can disrupt an individual's sense of what is…

— Eraldo Banovac

That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude.

— Alexander Haig

“A lie is a forgery of a truth that is too big to embrace because of a prejudice that we’re too afraid to confront.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“An awkward, unscientific lie is often as ineffectual as the truth.”

— TWAIN, MARK

A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.

— Judith McNaught

Deception by an omission of the truth is as bad as a lie.

— Jennifer Chiaverini