Lies(Related Subjects: Truth, Honesty)

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts. Clare Booth Luce (1903 - 1987) Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), radio address, October 26, 1939 The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. Jerome K. Jerome (1859 - 1927) A lie told often enough becomes the truth. Lenin (1870 - 1924) A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), (attributed) The history of our race, and each individual's experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Advice to Youth False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Phaedo A liar should have a good memory. Quintilian, De Institutione Oratoria Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue. Sallust (86 BC - 34 BC), The War with Catiline Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902) The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902) Oh what a tangled web we weave,When first we practise to deceive! Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832), Marmion, Canto vi. Stanza 17. Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;but when the truth entails tremendous ruin,To speak dishonorably is pardonable. Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Creusa