Edwin Hubbel Chapin Quotes

On the whole, I should say that the person who likes to lie should never, in any circumstances, be allowed to. Leave the lying to the people who hate it. You will not find them indulging often.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.

It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself.

He who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.

An honorable man or woman is one who is truthful; free from deceit; above cheating, lying, stealing, or any form of deception. An honorable man or woman is one who learns early that one cannot do wrong and feel right. A man's character is judged on how he keeps his word and his agreements.

Do the devils lie? No; for then even hell could not subsist.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.

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

He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie.

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.

For peace of mind, I will lie about any thing at any time.

People do peculiar things in life and they do for whatever reason but I think one of the greatest crimes in life is when you lie.

Everyone seems to be running against a liar, but nobody seems to be one. Odd - I mean, the math doesn't work out.

A man will pass better through the world with a thousand open errors upon his back than in being detected in one sly falsehood. When one is detected, a thousand are suspected.

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook.

There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie.

Dishonesty is like a boomerang. About the time you think all is well, it hits you in the back of the head.

Enough white lies can scorch the earth black.

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.

A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

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

Make a habit of telling the truth, or make a habit of lying: to decide each case on its own merits is exhausting, and hardly ever worth it.