Mark Twain Quotes

I was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie.

There wasn't any more truth in over half of what any so-called orator said. If it wasn't a Deliberate Lie, why it was an Exaggerated Falsehood.

A little truth seasons a lie like salt.

I knew Ginny was lying about that tattoo.

Don't tell me of deception; a lie is a lie, whether it be a lie to the eye or a lie to the ear.

Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

No lie can live forever.

[F]alsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.

There is none who does not lie hourly in the respect he pays to false appearance.

There's thieves among us Painting the walls All kinds of lies , and lies I never told it all

Do the devils lie? No; for then even hell could not subsist.

The lie was dead And damned, and truth stood up instead.

Our lie is like a cancer that's spread to every single area of our lives.

Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.

If you talk about people that lie, this Ted Cruz, this is the biggest liar I've ever seen.

We're all liars when it serves our purpose.

Glorify a lie, legalize a lie, arm and equip a lie, consecrate a lie with solemn forms and awful penalties, and after all it is nothing but a lie. It rots a land and corrupts a people like any other lie, and by and by the white light of God's truth shines clear through it, and shows it to be a lie.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

Lies, lies are the place where darkness grows.

If we dealt only with the false and dishonest, we should at last forget how to speak truth.

You're such a big liar you gotta get your neighbor to call your dog.

It seems too easy to lie in the moment but you always have to tell more lies on top of it to cover your tracks.