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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. - Thomas Carlyle Liars are verbal forgers. - Paul Chatfield (a/k/a Horace Smith) So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. [Lat., Ita enim finitima sunt falsa veris ut in praecipitem locum non debeat se sapiens committere.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), Academici (IV, 21) A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth. [Lat., Mendaci homini ne verum quidem dicenti credere solemus.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), De Divinatione (II, 71) A good memory is needed once we have lied. [Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.] - Pierre Corneille, Le Menteur (IV, 5) A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.] - Pierre Corneille, Le Menteur (IV, 5) Some truth there was, but dash'd and brew'd with lies, To please the fools, and puzzle all the wise. - John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning. - Tryon Edwards Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world. - Epictetus When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children. - William Feather Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom. - Jacques Anatole I. France (Jacques Anatole Thibault) It is not right or manly to lie even about Satan. - James Abram Garfield Sure men were born to lie, and women, to believe them. - John Gay When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie. [Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es jeder bemerken; wenn ich luge, nicht.] - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Spruche in Prosa (III) Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie. - Oliver Goldsmith As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood. - Oliver Goldsmith, Vicar of Wakefield (vol. II, ch. VIII) The most mischievous liars are those who keep sliding on the verge of truth. - A.W. Hare and J.C. Hare Lying is the strongest acknowledgement of the force of truth. - William Hazlitt (1) Our opinions are not our own, but in the power of sympathy. If a person tells us a palpable falsehood, we not only dare not contradict him, but we dare hardly disbelieve him to his face. A lie boldly uttered has the effect of truth for the instant. - William Hazlitt (1) Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie; A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby. - George Herbert, Church Porch Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies. - George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe. [Show me a liar, and I'll show thee a thief.] - George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it. - Adolph Hitler Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits the all. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (VI) Displaying page 2 of 5 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 [2] 3 4 5
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