Seneca the Younger Quotes

Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.

To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself.

Like many people, I have a fascination with lies and the people who tell them. I wouldn't say I've never told a lie, but I don't think I've ever told one without both assuming I would be found out and feeling absolutely rotten about it.

The priest is the personification of falsehood.

If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together.

People don't want to hear the truth; they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy.

It's very difficult to distinguish between what a person believes and what they say they believe.

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

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.

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.

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.

He occasionally stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.

In Washington telling the truth is a gaff.

It might be said that the pose of absolute honesty is the most dishonest one of all.

All I can say is anybody who's spent most of his life living a lie is not somebody I admire.

A lot of my characters are people who are, in essence, lying to themselves. They present one thing, when in reality they're another thing. Maybe they're not as tough or as cool as they want to be.

You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth.

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

I don't lie," I lied.

I know my lies are always wishes.

Christians don't tell lies they just go to church and sing them.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.

I smile when I'm angry , I cheat and I lie. I do what I have to do to get by. But I know what is wrong and I know what is right , and I'd die for the truth in my secret life .

You can't pray a lie -- I found that out.