All Quotes By Tag: Lies

“Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.”

“Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.”

“The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyone’s comfort”

“We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.”

“The truth is messy. It’s raw and uncomfortable. You can’t blame people for preferring lies.”

“I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.”

“Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”

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

“There is beauty in truth, even if it’s painful. Those who lie, twist life so that it looks tasty to the lazy, brilliant to the ignorant, and powerful to the weak. But lies only strengthen our defects. They don’t teach anything, help anything, fix anything or cure anything. Nor do they develop one’s character, one’s mind, one’s heart or one’s soul.”

“Knowing can be a curse on a person’s life. I’d traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn’t know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can’t ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now.”

“A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth.”

“Nothing is ever certain.”

“But you can’t make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can’t last.”

“Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.”

“When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.”