Karl Kraus Quotes

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

The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying.

There are times when lying is the most sacred of duties.

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

The umbrella that I live under is that you must be truthful with everyone except when to do so would injure them or others.

I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies.

I don’t like to lie – so there’d better be a good reason why I’m doing it.

Never lie under any circumstances.

Honesty is always good, except when it's better to lie.

Realizing that people should lie when they do makes me a little more open-minded, a little more tolerant, when my child or my partner lies.

Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is.

Lying is the strongest acknowledgement of the force of truth.

Never tell a lie-except for practice.

I think you can never ever lie, ever. If you don't know, say, 'I don't know'.

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

Don't lie if you don't have to.

I don't like to tell lies.

It's okay to lie as long as you reach a higher truth doing it.

Don't tell lies, ever. No matter what - not even little white lies.

Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.

I just have an inability to lie.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.