Quotes About Dishonesty

The man was, beyond doubt, a pathological liar. He lied to his various wives, to his friends, to his lawyers, to his employees, to detectives, to reporters, and to everyone else, right down to the census man. He lied in his diary.

Le Jeuden, des Dreugen, Au Frauden

I contend that the ethos of perpetual non-judgment is intellectually dishonest if not outright cowardly.

If it were a real effort to live in the Middle Ages, your life would be one perpetual prevarication.

She lied, sir. She has always lied. I don't think she ever spoke a word of truth. But when she spoke, I believed her.

The punishment of a liar is that he is never believed, even when he speaks the truth.

Honey-tongued, soft spoken, malicious, and unprincipled in conduct.

Liars begin by imposing on others, but end by deceiving themselves.

May the man be damned and never grow fat, Who wears two faces under one hat.

The devil can quote Scripture for his own ends.

The swindler readily cheats the covetous man. #StockMarket

The tongue that belongs to a fake friend is sharper than a knife.

There lies often falsehood beneath a pretty skin.

They come into the courtroom in a suit and leave with no trousers.

Undeserved praise is mockery disguised.

Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely

A liar should have a good memory.

Clever lies become matters of self-congratulation.

to justify their own spilling of ink they spell the day as night

I knew then, she said, that he was a liar, that for all his reportage and his honesty he was determined to keep himself untouched, to take without giving, to hoard himself like a greedy child.

it means, simply, that our manner of life is dishonest, that it offers too few opportunities for self-expression, and that, for some people, there is too great a disjuncture between how things seem and how they actually feel.

at a pinch even the best of men when in love scrap as a matter of course that code of honour which they observe in business office or at the card table and to each other, and about which they are so entertainingly strong and silent, but that where women are concerned they are capable of conduct, cowardices and dishonesties that would get them kicked out of any decent club or service.

There's a reason most Republicans and a vast majority of voters loathe Donald Trump: his vulgarity, his blistering ignorance, his constant dishonesty, his venality, and his utter lack of the knowledge, judgment, or temperament to be president of the United States.

Lie and tell the waiter that you're deathly allergic to butter. This way you can enjoy the steak without all the excess fat.