Quotes about truth and lies
458 quotes from 240 people
Werner Herzogborn 1942Minnesota declaration (1999)
George Santayana1863–1952The Sense of Beauty (1896), Pt. III, Form; § 30: “The average modified in the direction of pleasure.”, p. 125
Michael Jackson1958–2009Press statement (November 2003); quoted in “Michael Jackson Calls Child Molestation Charges ‘Lies’” (8 December 2003) Jet
Mike Penceborn 1959Remarks at Reagan Library, C-SPAN.org (September 8, 2016)- George Santayana1863–1952The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy (1911), p. 48
Michael Mooreborn 1954Oscar Speech for Best Documentary Feature (23 March 2003)- WFWilliam Feather1889–1981Featherisms (2008)
W. Somerset Maugham1874–1965The Razor’s Edge (1943)
Francis Bacon1561–1626Novum Organum (1620), Book II, Aphorism 20Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.
José Saramago1922–2010The Cave (2000), p. 124I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
Herodotus484–425 BCThe Histories, Book 7, Ch. 152.Though Truth and Falsehood be
Near twins, yet Truth a little elder is.
John Donne1572–1631Satires, No. 3A truth that’s told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.Hustlers of the world, there is one Mark you cannot beat: The Mark Inside.
William S. Burroughs1914–1997Naked Lunch (1959), “Rube”, p. 11Belief is nearly the whole of the Universe, whether based on truth or not.
Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007Bluebeard (1987), p. 144
