Joseph Stalin Quotes

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.

It’s better to be quotable than to be honest.

Fine words dresse ill deedes.

We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from what we thought.

I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.

One of my weaknesses happens to be lying, and I could tell you that I'm never going to lie again in my life, but that would be a lie.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods with people hiding behind different facades. I don't want to be a part of that.

Most politicians are not authentic.

An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,' it's the money.

Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.

'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.

Those that vow the most are the least sincere.

The music industry is a world of smoke and mirrors: they tell you exactly what they think you want to hear. And they are bare-faced lying. I tend to stay away from that.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Put away from you a dissembling mouth.

We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.