Burning Quote by Warren Beatty

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

Lies can be wonderful things, and when a lie is told artfully, if it's done with a degree of craftsmanship, I can't help but…

— Patrick deWitt

There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.

— Benjamin Jowett

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The aversion to lying is often a hidden ambition to render our words credible and weighty, and to attach a religious aspect to our…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“#292. "It's our willingness to believe their lies and to see what we want to see that makes it so dangerous. Even when we…

— Dream Warrior by Sherrilyn Kenyon

All I can say is anybody who's spent most of his life living a lie is not somebody I admire.

— Lady Colin Campbell

There is something so beautiful in trust that even the most hardened liar need feel a certain respect for those who confide in him.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too.…

— Dashiell Hammett

We all know that a lie needs no other grounds, than the invention of the liar; and to take for granted as truth, all…

— Jane Porter

There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace.

— M.J. Rose

I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and…

— Lord Chesterfield