Quotes about truth and lies
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Herodotus484–425 BCThe Histories, Book 1, Ch. 8.I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
Herodotus484–425 BCThe Histories, Book 7, Ch. 152.
Werner Herzogborn 1942Minnesota declaration (1999)- Werner Herzogborn 1942Minnesota declaration (1999)
Hermann Hesse1877–1962Siddhartha (1922)The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.
For such Truth as opposeth no man’s profit nor pleasure is to all men welcome.
Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.1809–1894Often credited to Edmund Burke- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.1809–1894The Professor at the Breakfast Table (1859), Ch. 5
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.1809–1894The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858), Ch. 1
