Charles Spurgeon Quotes

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

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

I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies.

Truth alone triumphs, not untruth. Through truth alone lies the way to Devayana (the way to the gods). Those who think that a little sugar - coating of untruth helps the spread of truth are mistaken and will find in the long run that a single drop of poison poisons the whole mass ... The man who is pure, and who dares, does all things.

The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.

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

Never lie under any circumstances.

If I have one wish which is greater than another, it is, if I had the power, to make men do right; to make them stop their swearing, their lying, their deceiving, to stop trying to injure the innocent, and begin to be honest and upright in all their dealings with one another and honor the name of the Deity.

Never tell a lie when you can bullshit your way through it

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.

By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.

It is a poor cause which has to be lied for regularly.

There's hostility to lying, and there should be.

Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatsoever. But, as in the exercise of all the virtues, there is an economy of truth.

Living on hypocrisy is not a healthy diet for patriots.

Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.

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 many who say more than the truth on some occasions, and balance the account with their consciences by saying less than the truth on others. But the fact is that they are in both instances as fraudulant as he would be that exacted more than his due from his debtors, and paid less than their due to his creditors.

Dishonesty is a forsaking of permanent for temporary advantages.

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

We never deceive people to benefit them, for knavery is a compound of wickedness and falsehood.

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

It is as bad to clip conscience as to clip coin; it is as bad to give a counterfeit statement as a counterfeit bill.

The only virtue I want to claim is truth and nonviolence.