Ellen Hopkins Quotes

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

The truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion - easier to deal with and easier to live with.

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

[Ross Perot] thinks that proclaiming honesty is the same as being honest.

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

Now you say you have to absolutely truthful. Sincerity is the main thing, and truthfulness is the main thing and don't lie to anybody ... and you'll get ahead. Brother you sure will. You'll get ahead right on that cycle of action, right toward zero! It's a trap not being able to prevaricate ... This makes life more colorful!

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

Truth-telling frightens me. Lying confuses me.

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.

He who does not lie does not know what truth is.

In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken in total candor... Being true is different than being honest.

I'll tell you something that's completely true - you can, as a man, obtain everything you want with the truth. If you lie, first of all you've got to be a very good lying actor, which is tres difficile. And it's going to give you poison inside the body.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

Don't tell lies, ever. No matter what - not even little white lies.

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.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

Speak the truth. People will forgive an honest mistake; they won't forgive you if you lie.

I'm not a liar; I'm a truth teller.

There's a simple thing we always say: if you always tell the truth, you will never have to remember what you said.

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

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