Subject: Beliefs » Honesty » Lies

Euphemism is a euphemism for lying.

(Roberta Lee Streeter) (1944 – ) American singer-songwriter

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Parents are embarrassed when their children tell lies, and even more embarrassed when they tell the truth.

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

Sure men were born to lie, and women, to believe them.

(1685 – 1732) English writer

Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths.


To the French, lying is simply talking.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

At first a golfer excuses a dismal performance by claiming bad lies; with experience, he covers up with better ones.

A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings.

(1918 - 2002) American author

I have a friend; he keeps trying to convince me he’s a compulsive liar, but I don’t believe him.

(1970 – ) American comedian & television game show host

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

History is a pack of lies we play on the dead.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Figures won’t lie, but liars can figure.

(1911 – 1993) columnist & novelist

1. No matter what they're telling you, they're not telling you the whole truth. 2. No matter what they're talking about, they're talking about money.

Actions lie louder than words.

(1966 – ) American magazine editor

Isn't it fun to go out on the course and lie in the sun?

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

What you take for lying in an Irishman is only his attempt to put an herbaceous border on stark reality.

(1878 – 1957) Irish poet, author, athlete & politician

Defame: To lie about another. To tell the truth about another.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one’s country.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

An easily understood, workable falsehood is more useful than a complex, incomprehensible truth.