Effects Quote by William Hazlitt

What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good.

— Martin Luther

Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie”

— John Steinbeck

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

— Desiderius Erasmus

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

— William Hazlitt

A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the…

— Mahatma Gandhi

When an honest man, honestly mistaken, comes face-to-face with undeniable and irrefutable truth, he is faced with one of two choices, he must either…

— Amicus Solo

My personal opinion is that truth, like honesty and non-harmfulness, often are at odds with one another.

— Ezra Miller

Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in regard to himself and in regard to others. He does not wish that he…

— Blaise Pascal

not judging truth to be in nature better than falsehood, but setting a value upon both according to interest.

— John Dryden

Truth is the only good and the purest pity. ... Men lie for profit or for pity. All lies turn to poison, but a…

— Storm Jameson

Of cases where a man is truthful both in speech and conduct when no considerations of honesty come in, from an habitual sincerity of…

— Aristotle