Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes

Whatever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual, because it brings a man under everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so that he is not believed when he speaks the truth, nor trusted when perhaps he means honestly.

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

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

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

I'm not a particularly good liar.

The truth is a precious commodity. That's why I use it so sparingly.

A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.

I don't lie." "You don't lie," I repeated. "That's what I said." "Ever." "Nope." Sure you don't, I thought.

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

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

Kids know when you're pulling a fast one, storywise, and I think that even when they're being entertained, children want to hear the truth, just like adults do.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie.

I don't debate with liars.

I'm not a liar.

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people.

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 never lie to my fans.

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

It's a weird thing about the truth: It protects you. What really makes you vulnerable is when you're lying because you're going to get caught. When you tell the truth, there's a strange relief that comes.

I don't do much lying in real life because I don't get away with it.

Put away from you a dissembling mouth.

I doubt he knows himself when he’s not telling the truth.