Austin O'Malley Quotes

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth.

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.

Well, the truth is that a lot of people lie about their health, they lie about the finances, they lie about things at work, they lie about things.

If truth is the first victim of war, then read on - I've got some great lies for you this month.

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

… a man well known for his congenital inability to tell the truth

A half truth is a whole lie.

Truth is the cry of all, but the game of the few.

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else.

A falsehood in which some truth is not stated at the beginning, cannot be maintained in the end.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings.

The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses deceive reason through false appearances, and the senses are disturbed by passions, which produce false impressions.

A big lie is more plausible than truth.

Bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.

Lies will flow from my lips, but there may perhaps be some truth mixed up with them.

It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.... There is a truth which is of Satan. Its essence is that under the semblance of truth it denies everything that is real. It lives upon hatred of the real world which is created and loved by God.

If truth is the lure, humans are fishes.