There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one’s self on lies and fables.

When I was married, I definitely went through a lying period.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

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

The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.

As long as the people don’t fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn’t stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful… but so frightening.

‚Some Kind Of Monster‘ is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you’re watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!

Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them.

It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn’t make me feel good at all.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest – that would be like a blind man willing to see.

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you’re going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them and even if you don’t agree with them.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I’ve had and also the people I’ve had around me. I want to stay hopeful, even though I get scared about why we’re even alive at all.

The moment there is suspicion about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There’s no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain’t so.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

An honest man is always a child.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

I never thought I’d land in pictures with a face like mine.

Lying is not only saying what isn’t true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler.

There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world.

I got teased my entire school life. What they were picking on I don’t even understand.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.

I’ll never tell a lie. I’ll never make a misleading statement. I’ll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I’ll never avoid a controversial issue.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.

True friends stab you in the front.

I think what’s important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

If we’re really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what’s causing us to do what we do.

If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure – the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?

If you’re lying, you’re lying.

Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don’t have as many people who believe it.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

I’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

I think it’s OK to be confident in yourself.

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

One of the most terrible feelings in the world is knowing that someone else doesn’t like you. Especially when you don’t know what you’ve done to deserve it.

I don’t like people going behind my back.

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.