John Tillotson Quotes

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it

A lie is a very short wick in a very small lamp. The oil of reputation is very soon sucked up and gone. And just as soon as a man is known to lie, he is like a two-foot pump in a hundred-foot well. He cannot touch bottom at all.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

If a public figure tells a whopping lie once in his life, it'll haunt him into his grave. If he lies morning, noon and night, it will become almost impossible to remember any one particular lie.

One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.

Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind.

All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

A man will pass better through the world with a thousand open errors upon his back than in being detected in one sly falsehood. When one is detected, a thousand are suspected.

When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.

I'm honest, I'm fair and I'm sure, as time progresses, those who don't believe that will find it to be true.

By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.

The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.

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

Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.

I'm not a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

My integrity had been called into question; I was being called a liar, and I am not a liar. And I just think it is time that we stop viewing public figures as fair game.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

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