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Alexander Pope1 quote
He who tells a lie, is not sensible how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. — Alexander Pope · 1727Aristotle1 quote
Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. — Aristotle · 240Blanche DuBois1 quote
I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is 50% illusion. — Blanche DuBois · 1951God1 quote
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. — God · 1405 BCHesiod1 quote
We know how to speak many falsehoods which resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things. — Hesiod · 700 BCJerome K. Jerome1 quote
It is always the best policy to speak the truth—unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. — Jerome K. Jerome · 1892John Ruskin1 quote
The essence of lying is in deception, not in words. — John Ruskin · 1860Joseph Schumpeter1 quote
The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie. — Joseph Schumpeter · 1950Lord Hervey1 quote
Whoever would lie usefully should lie seldom. — Lord Hervey · 1743Marcus Aurelius1 quote
If not becoming, don’t do it. If not true, don’t say it. Let these be your fixed principles. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Ron Swanson1 quote
There’s only one thing I hate more than lying: skim milk. Which is water that's lying about being milk. — Ron Swanson · 2013Sean Archer1 quote
Lies, detrust, mixed messages...this is turning into a real marriage. — Sean Archer · 1997Sir Walter Scott1 quote
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive! — Sir Walter Scott · 1808Socrates1 quote
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. — Socrates · 360 BCThomas Jefferson1 quote
He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual, he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions. — Thomas Jefferson · 1785