Immanuel Kant Quotes

There never was a liar that had not a spot in him where he could not help admiring truth.

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

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

I'm not a liar.

I'm not big on lying. I don't like that at all.

He who is dishonest with respect to speech, is dishonest in everything.

I never really tell lies, and sometimes it has worked against me.

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.

Listen honey, would I lie to you to get in your pants?

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

Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love

It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.

By lying, we deny others a view of the world as it is. Our dishonesty not only influences the choices they make, it often determines the choices they can make—and in ways we cannot always predict. Every lie is a direct assault upon the autonomy of those we lie to.

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 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.

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

Never lie under any circumstances.

You never feel good when you lie. It doesn't matter how much you want something, if you lie to somebody you love, and they actually, sincerely believe you, you feel like a cockroach that needs some serious Raid action.

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

You can't build a foundation on lies.

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

Lies don't fix things. They don't even make things easier, at least not in the long run. Best to tell the truth and then clean up an honest mess.

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.

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.