Elie Wiesel Quotes

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

I lie as truthfully as I can.

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

It is a poor cause which has to be lied for regularly.

Don't lie if you don't have to.

White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.

Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I'm not big on lying. I don't like that at all.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

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

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

A lie should be trampled on and extinguished wherever found.

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

There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.

How can you qualify the difference between a sin and a lie.

When treating with liars, even an honest man must lie.

So is darkness better than a heartfelt lie?

The worst thing you can be is a liar. . . . Okay, fine, yes, the worst thing you can be is a Nazi, but then number two is liar. Nazi one, liar two.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.

Never lie under any circumstances.

There is no such thing as white lies; a lie is as black as a coalpit, and twice as foul.

We have the right to lie, but not about the heart of the matter.

Only the liar knows he's lying

The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any man who knew the truth would be wicked. I disbelieve this, absolutely and entirely. I believe that love of truth is the basis of all real virtue, and that virtues based upon lies can only do harm.