Washington Allston Quotes

A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.

Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.

Half-truths can be as deceptive as outright lies.

Lies can destroy, but not create.

But he that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and soon he may rest from toil indeed, while others reap and sow in his stead.

Reason is poor propaganda when opposed by the yammering, unceasing lies of shrewd and evil and self-serving men.

Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected.

Plain lies are dangerous.

Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.

Anybody can make something up and have it sound believable. The hard part is remembering all the lies you've told, and all the people you've told them to, and then living the lies that have become your life.

With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back.

The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.

At no time did I suggest that violence is justice, and I can't believe I even have to explain that. But the alternative is letting someone like Kayleigh McEnany misquote and manipulate what you say. McEnany, who repeatedly lies to the American people.

Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion.

A lie is like a snow-ball; the longer it is rolled, the larger it is.

A lie has no legs, and cannot stand; but it has wings, and can fly far and wide.

Lies require commitment.

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true.

As anyone who's ever contracted it knows, lies are an infectious disease. They slip under the almond slivers of your fingernails and into your bloodstream.

This much is true: you have been lied to.

I never knew a man could tell so many lies, he had a different story for every set of eyes. How can he remember who he's talking to?

It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.

Those who listen to lies lose the ability to hear the truth.