Falsehood – Zitate

Wisdom and truth, the offspring of the sky, are immortal; while cunning and deception, the meteors of the earth, after glittering for a moment, must pass away.

— Robert Hall

  ​ Dishonor waits on perfidy. A man should blush to think a falsehood; it is the crime of cowards.

— Samuel Johnson

Lie not, neither to thyself nor men nor God. Let mouth and heart be one—beat and speak together, and make both felt in action. It is for cowards to lie.

— George Herbert

I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles that could be trusted in matters of importance.

— Paley

Dissimulation in youth is the forerunner of perfidy in old age; its first appearance is the fatal omen of growing depravity and future shame.

— Blair