Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Have you weaned yourself of your off-putting proclivity for not telling the truth/

I cannot stand dishonesty among people, the tendency to prevaricate.

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

Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

Sometimes truth is costly but not nearly as costly as deception.

It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.

Anything is better than lies and deceit!

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

I don't really lie about anything, I have to be honest. I like to live with the truth.

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

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

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

I don't debate with liars.

I won't tolerate lying.

I don't like to tell lies.

I'm not a liar.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

I can't tell a lie - not even when I hear one.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

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

The truthful man is usually a liar.

Put away from you a dissembling mouth.

Liars sometimes tell the truth; they don’t tell lies all the time.

He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar.