Quotes About Deception

With the first drink comes the truth, with the second drink comes wishful thinking, and with the third drink come the lies.

At some point all lies are brought to the surface and truth comes forth no matter how hard we try to hide it.

What, can the devil speak true?

We are better deceived by having some truth told us than none.

The truth just happens - lies take time to make.

Lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth.

So sophisticated and smart, but our eyes tell us lies, or at best the truth in part.

I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie.

The truth is what I make it. I could set this world on fire and call it rain.

When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies.

People have a habit of inventing fictions they will believe wholeheartedly in order to ignore the truth they cannot accept.

Truth exists, only lies have to be invented.

Point is, people lie a lot. Sometimes out of habit. Not many people are good at telling the truth.

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth.

All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle.

Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie.

Fools lie, clever men stick to the truth.

Everything can be forgiven in this world, save telling the truth.

Whenever someone tries to deny the truth, ultimately, reality betrays him.

Depiction can override truth the same way that memory can override experience.

Things are difficult enough about Iraq without the Federal Government suppressing the truth about Iraq.

Everything was believed except the truth.

Our rulers for more than half a century have made sure that we are never to be told the truth about anything that our government has done to other people, not to mention our own.