Inspirational Quotes on Lying

“If I speak what is false, I must answer for it; if truth, it will answer for me.”

“A liar is one who has no partition between his imagination and his information.”

“If you want the truth to go round the world you must hire an express train to pull it; but if you want a lie to go round the world it will fly; it is as light as a feather, and a breath will carry it.”

“If a man postpone[s] any open acknowledgement... that his own faith is in direct opposition to the assumptions on which all the conversation of his new friends [are] based... he will be in a false position. He will be silent when he ought to speak and laugh when he ought to be silent. He will assume, at first only by his manner, but presently by his words, all sorts of cynical and sceptical attitudes which are not really his. But... they may become his. All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.”

“I would not utter what I believed to be a falsehood concerning the Lord, even though the evil one offered me the bait of saving all mankind thereby.”

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

“And then she understood the devilish cunning of the enemies' plan. By mixing a little truth with it they had made their lie far stronger.”

“A little lie is like a little pregnancy-it doesn't take long before everyone knows.”

“It's not enough to rage against the lie...you've got to replace it with the truth.”

“Howsever they come, they didn't ought to come, and they come from the father of lies, and work round to the same.”

“A lie consists in speaking a falsehood with the intention of deceiving.”

“Thy babbling tongue tells golden tales Of endless treasure; Thy bounty offers easy sales Of lasting pleasure; Thou ask'st the conscience what she ails, And swear'st to ease her: There's none can want where thou supply'st: There's none can give when thou deny'st. Alas! fond world, thou boast'st; false world thou ly'st.”

“A little lie can travel half way 'round the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots.”

“Falsehood is in a hurry; it may be at any moment detected and punished; truth is calm, serene; its judgment is on high; its king cometh out of the chambers of eternity.”

“Think about how much falsehood and deceit there is in the world! How much exaggeration! How many untruths are added to a simple story! How many things are left out, if it does not serve the speaker's interest to tell them! How few there are around us of whom we can say, that we trust their word without question!”