Quotes About Deception

Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of it.

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'

Give me truth; cheat me by no illusion.

The little bit of truth contained in many a lie is what makes them so terrible.

The truth is not so good a story.

A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on.

Spurn not a seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth.

When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?

The truth usually has a slightly ugly look.

Truth sits upon the lips of dying men, And falsehood, while I lived, was far from mine.

Any lie should be as close to the truth as possible.

The hardest lies to detect are the ones surrounded by truth.

If an illusion makes a man happy, destroy that illusion! Because happiness must come via the truth!

Even with billions of candles, you cannot create a Sun; with billions of lies, a single Truth!

No coward can be the friend of the truth! Cowards have always been the friends of lies!

When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie, they are liars, trust me.

There are worse things than a lie and there are better things than the truth!

the best lie is wrapped around a core of truth

Our truth of nowadays is not what is, but what others can be convinced of; just as we call "money" not only that which is legal, but also any counterfeit that will pass.

What kind of truth is it which has these mountains as its boundary and is a lie beyond them?

Humans are born in truth, but we grow up believing in lies.

if i dont want to be known, i cannot be known.the best actor can divide role from self.the best liar can divide truth from falsity.

...a truth you don't understand is more dangerous than a lie.