Lying Sayings and Quotes
Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old lying quotes, lying sayings, and lying proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
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Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul.
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Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone.
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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
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Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
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Liars are always most disposed to swear
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Sometimes you can learn things from the way a person denies something. The choice of lies can be almost as helpful as the truth.
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The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him.
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Truth is treason in the empire of lies.
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Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.
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I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.
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The great mass of people will more easily fall victems to a big lie than to a small one.
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They all lie, from the top man down to the bottom. If their lips are moving, a lie is unfolding.
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A man would rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should be known.
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Statistics don't lie, but liars use statistics
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It is a problem for me that I am part of a profession that is systematically lying to people.
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Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it
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Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.
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The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie.
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No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth.
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The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.
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Understand that the tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes--never!
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Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your own fears.
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It was easier to lie with a gesture than a word.
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Lying is done with words and also with silence.
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A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.
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A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous.
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A lie has no legs, and cannot stand; but it has wings, and can fly far and wide.
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A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
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You may tell the greatest lies and wear a brilliant disguise, but you can't escape the eyes of the one who sees right through you.
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The most mischievous liars are those who keep on the verge of truth.