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Consequences of lying5 quotes
A liar should have a good memory. — Quintilian · 95O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive! — Sir Walter Scott · 1808Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. — Aristotle · 240False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. — Socrates · 360 BCHe 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 · 1727Lying4 quotes
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive! — Sir Walter Scott · 1808Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. — Aristotle · 240False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. — Socrates · 360 BCHe 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 · 1727Liars3 quotes
A liar should have a good memory. — Quintilian · 95Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. — Aristotle · 240He 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 · 1727Lies1 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 · 1727Unintended consequences1 quote
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive! — Sir Walter Scott · 1808