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Quotes about Lies

It was easy to lie to people who still believed in the truth.
— Alice Hoffman
You can always tell a liar, for he will not look at you when he speaks, and often he has white spots on his fingernails, one to mark every lie he's told.
— Alice Hoffman
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron.
— Anonymous
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me.
— Anonymous
You teach the heart as well as the mind. Sometimes the truth is hard to bear, but it's better to walk in the light of truth than to live in the darkness of lies.
— Francine Rivers
It gives you a real respect for the truth when you have to help clean up lives that have been based on a lie. Think about it.
— Frank Peretti
Nevertheless, as we follow the invisible warfare swirling around the life of one wounded, searching sinner, the core message rings clear: No amount of lies, no matter how cleverly couched, will ever outstrip or outlast God's truth, nor will any lie ever outreach His grace. The Lord knows those who are His, His sheep hear His voice, and the arm of the Lord is never so short that He cannot save.
— Frank Peretti
governments lie to protect themselves and they make incredibly stupid decisions.
— Frank Herbert
Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes.
— Frank Herbert
Where do all the labyrinths of error in the world come from [the objector will continue], if not from the fact that when men follow their own minds they land in vanity and lies? So
— John Calvin
History, sir, will tell lies as usual.
— George Bernard Shaw
Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.
— Mark Twain