Henry Van Dyke Quotes

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

Is there some truth out there? Yes. Is there a lot of falsehood out there? Absolutely.

Truth and falsehood are opposed; but truth is the norm not of truth only but of falsehood also.

Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented.

The true is inimitable, the false untransformable.

If you want to be true to life, start lying about it

You've learned that every good lie is threaded with truth and every accepted truth leaks lies.

La ve rite existe; on n'invente que le mensonge. Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.

Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. . . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure

Since I wasn't able to leave a succession of beautiful lies, I want to leave the smidgen of truth that the falsehood of everything lets us suppose we can tell.

Knock Knock. Who's there? The Truth. No joke.

Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Every edit is a lie.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

That which is cannot be true.

The truth just happens - lies take time to make.

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.