Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

He who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.

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.

A small lie, if it actually is a lie, condemns a man as much as a big and black falsehood. If a man will deliberately cheat to the amount of a single cent, give him opportunity and he would cheat to any amount.

When you lie there's always going to be a consequence. Lying never wins at the end.

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

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

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

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

It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony.

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.

There is nothing that God hates so much as a liar.

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

There are 869 different forms of lying, but only one of them has been squarely forbidden. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.

Enough white lies can scorch the earth black.

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

Only the difference between truth and lies, courage and cowardice.

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.

Why would anybody lie? The truth is always more colourful.

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 tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.

All lies, white or black, disgrace a gentleman, although I grant there is a difference: to say the least of it, it is a dangerous habit, for white lies are but the gentleman ushers to black ones.

It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual.