Baltasar Gracian Quotes

With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back.

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

The character and repute of President Kennedy constitute one of our greatest national resources. Nothing should be done to jeopardize this invaluable asset. When lies must be told, they should be told by subordinate officials.

A lie is a very short wick in a very small lamp. The oil of reputation is very soon sucked up and gone. And just as soon as a man is known to lie, he is like a two-foot pump in a hundred-foot well. He cannot touch bottom at all.

One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.

All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.

I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

Oaths are crutches, upon which lies go.

Dishonesty, lack of integrity catches up with you.

A lot of people are afraid to lie to me.

The liar wants to be believed, but lying undermines the foundation for credibility.

As anyone who's ever contracted it knows, lies are an infectious disease. They slip under the almond slivers of your fingernails and into your bloodstream.

He that once deceives is ever suspected.

A new study found that most people can't go 10 minutes without lying. But since the study took 20 minutes nobody knows what to believe.

If you will lie about the little things, before long you’ll lie about bigger things.

The worst thing about being lied to, is realizing they don't think you're worth the truth.

Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind.

I don't mind scrutiny. What I don't like is lies.