Quotes on Lies Truth

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

In a world of cruelty, sympathy is a crime, and in a world of lies, truth is blasphemy.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.

Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.