Baltasar Gracian Quotes

Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.

White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.

All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.

Lies can destroy, but not create.

Lies, lies are the place where darkness grows.

I realize how quickly lies compound. They cover like a coat of paint, one on top of the other, until you cannot remember what color you started with.

One little lie or dishonest act leads to another until the perpetrator is caught in the web of deceit.

It seemed there was no end at all to the lies a person could tell, once she got started.

Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected.

Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said. Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though.

Plain lies are dangerous.

It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be sure to topple over.

The world loves to be deceived.

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

Lying does exist in crazy forms.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.

He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

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.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth.

People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.

Lying can never save us from another lie.

Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth.