Julianna Baggott Quotes

To lapse in fulness Is sorer than to lie for need, and falsehood Is worse in kings than beggars.

There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.

Never lie under any circumstances.

Nothing makes a man so virtuous as belief of the truth. A lying doctrine will soon beget a lying practice. A man cannot have an erroneous belief without by-and-by having an erroneous life. I believe the one thing naturally begets the other.

Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

It is a poor cause which has to be lied for regularly.

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.

Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.

There's hostility to lying, and there should be.

Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatsoever. But, as in the exercise of all the virtues, there is an economy of truth.

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

Living on hypocrisy is not a healthy diet for patriots.

Don't lie about anything, ever. Lying leads to Hell.

A lie faces God and shrinks from man.

Do the devils lie? No; for then even hell could not subsist.

I think if you don't say something it's lying by omission. I personally think it's immoral.

On the whole, I should say that the person who likes to lie should never, in any circumstances, be allowed to. Leave the lying to the people who hate it. You will not find them indulging often.

I'd rather deal with the consequences of the truth rather than the benefits of a lie.

There is nothing that God hates so much as a liar.

We never deceive people to benefit them, for knavery is a compound of wickedness and falsehood.

In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.

He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.

I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies.

Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love

I don’t like to lie – so there’d better be a good reason why I’m doing it.