Quotes About Dishonesty

Fake people tend to tell sweet lies

Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty.

The more he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it … when in fact, they didn't

I was bad, but I was one of the kids that never got caught. If anyone ever knew I did something, it was because I told them. 'Cause I'm a really good liar, so I end up snitching on myself.

In every sport you get cheats.

Everyone cheats.

The cheaters are going to find way to cheat over and over again.

Cheating during bouts has always existed.

You're either on team Republican or team Democrat, and it's the idea that one of these sides has a perfect record of being correct and is worth supporting on 100% of the causes. I find that kind of thinking extremely dangerous and very intellectually dishonest.

If Edith Wharton lived in the Age of Innocence, surely we now live in the Age of Deception.

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.

Her voice was a throaty screech, without melody, as false as her eyebrows and as sharp as her nails. (The King in Yellow)

Who wants to hear about brave deeds when he's ashamed of his own, and who likes an open, honest tale from someone he's deceiving?

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, What are they doing? The answer was, Swapping lies.

We are talking about a bet, remember, and Pascal wasn't claiming that his wager enjoyed anything but very long odds. Would you bet on God's valuing dishonestly faked belief (or even honest belief) over honest scepticism?

For all I know, entire scientific reputations may have been built on the work of students and colleagues! I don't know what can be done to combat this dishonesty.

All men were liars and he was no doubt no different—only one tongue and more tales than the dog pound.

Lies are so complicated, she thought. And not for the first time.

Appearances and manners often cloak a black soul.

If you have to say you're not doing something, then you probably are.

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.