Lying Quote by Marvin J. Ashton

In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.

— Michel de Montaigne

Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.

— Juvenal

Of all the vices incident to man, lying is the most mean, most contemptible; it evinces a very weak, depraved heart, which shrinks at…

— Josiah Bartlett

Lying is a most disgraceful vice; it first despises God, and then fears men.

— Plutarch

“One can be a good person and still believe that certain behaviors are a sin. I personally think lying is a sin, but some…

— Tom King

“Sin has many tools, but a lie has a handle to fit them all.”

— Ami McKay

Virtue sometimes pretends. Vice is always sincere.

— Mason Cooley

Most virtue lies between two vices.

— Horace

Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.

— Michel de Montaigne

“Lying is not a sin, since there has never been a law-maker or philosopher who could determine what truth is. I lie for the…

— Iwan Goll

There are worse things than a lie... I have found... that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may…

— Anthony Trollope

Vice, like virtue, Grows in small steps, and no true innocence Can ever fall at once to deepest guilt.

— Jean Racine