All things Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.

— Arnold Bennett

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

— Margaret Fuller

It is not a virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue, when we are led to the performance of duty by pleasure…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Falsehoods of convenience or vanity, falsehoods from which no evil immediately visible ensues, except the general degradation of human testimony, are very lightly uttered,…

— Samuel Johnson

“Defending the faith to the best of our ability is not a luxury or an indulgence in intellectual vanity.It is the task given to…

— R.C. Sproul

It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.

— Francis Bacon

Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has…

— Tryon Edwards

There is something so mean and unmanly in the arts of dissimulation and falsehood that I am surprised they can be used by anyone…

— Robert Burns

“Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native luster about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot…

— Walter Isaacson

“...tradition helps man discover his true conscience and dignity; it allows a man to awaken his metaphysical essence and to accomplish his transcendental mission…

— Raido

Malice is always authentic and sincere.

— Mason Cooley