Mark Twain Quotes

I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

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

A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

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.

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.

I am an honest, straight guy.

A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied.

Let him say what is true, let him say what is pleasing, let him utter no disagreeable truth, and let him utter no agreeable falsehood; that is the eternal law.

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

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

Who begins with severity, in judging of another, ends commonly with falsehood.

I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.

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.

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

I think if you don't say something it's lying by omission. I personally think it's immoral.

The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

It is not right or manly to lie even about Satan.

A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it to be a lie, is a liar.

A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice.

Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the summit of wisdom and virtue.

I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies.

Have you ever asked yourself why one person is honorable and another dishonorable; why one is honest, another dishonest; why one is moral, another immoral? Most individuals do not intend to be dishonest, dishonorable, or immoral. They seem to allow their characters to erode by a series of rationalizations, lies, and compromises. Then when grave temptation presents itself, they haven't the strength of character to do what they know to be right.