Simone Weil Quotes

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

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.

It's okay to lie as long as you reach a higher truth doing it.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Lying can never save us from another lie.

I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.

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

The truthful man is usually a liar.

There's hostility to lying, and there should be.

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

Truth purchases hatred. Veritas odium parit.

Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatsoever. But, as in the exercise of all the virtues, there is an economy of truth.

Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

An untruth must be spoken, where need requires. For whether men lie, or say true, it is with one and the same object. Men lie, because they think to gain by deceiving others; and speak the truth, because they expect to get something by their true speaking, and to be trusted afterwards in more important matters. Thus, though their conduct is so opposite, the end of both is alike. If there were no gain to be got, your true-speaking man would tell untruths as much as your liar, and your liar would tell the truth as much as your true-speaking man.

A lie should be trampled on and extinguished wherever found.

Lying is the rule, not the exception.

Don't lie about anything, ever. Lying leads to Hell.

I don't lie," I lied.

When the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be their yet.

I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.

Everyone seems to be running against a liar, but nobody seems to be one. Odd - I mean, the math doesn't work out.

I don't want to lie. I can't tell the truth. So it's over.

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.

He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.