Saul Bellow Quotes

You've got to be honest; if you can fake that, you've got it made.

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.

I'm a really bad liar.

Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.

Truth is the cry of all, but the game of the few.

If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed.

Truth is a hell of a big point with me. Now I exaggerate—always.

I am sure, zeal or love for truth can never permit falsehood to be used in the defense of it.

Perhaps no one as yet has been truthful enough about what "truthfulness" is.

I'm not smart enough to lie.

The great advantage of telling the truth is that one is so much more likely to sound convincing

It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.... There is a truth which is of Satan. Its essence is that under the semblance of truth it denies everything that is real. It lives upon hatred of the real world which is created and loved by God.

We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously ceases to be honesty.

Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.

Truth is love's mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone's mother.

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

Telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it.

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. When in doubt, tell the truth. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

I'm not very good at lying.

I told the truth, I didn't come to fool you

I deliberately state my age because it keeps me honest. I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you.

The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere.

Truth is used to vitalize a statement rather than devitalize it. Truth implies more than a simple statement of fact. "I don't have any whiskey," may be a fact but it is not a truth.