Quotes on Telling Lies

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

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.

The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid.We fear we will not find love,and when we find it we fear we'll lose it. We fear that if we don't have love we will be unhappy.

Is not anyone with any degree of mental honesty conscious of telling lies all day long, both in talking and writing, simply because lies will fall into artistic shape when truth will not?

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

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

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.

The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.