William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

False-dealing travels a short road, and surely detected.

Weaklings must lie.

White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.

What bothers me is that Jim Bakker lies. Jim Bakker knows for a fact that I was virgin.

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

High-stakes lying is out of control. And it's costing us big bucks in one way or another. It's not simply a matter of quantifying losses in dollars. It's costing us emotionally and psychologically as well.

There's no honor in faking an injury. There is no integrity, because you are lying about it.

Lies can destroy, but not create.

Lies require commitment.

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

The gain of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we say the truth.

TRUTH may hurt temporarily, but LIES leave marks permanently.

A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem

He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment.

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

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

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.

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.

Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.