Lying

Famous quotes containing the word lying:

“It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society. When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.”
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)

“Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 3:10.

John the Baptist.

“Truth does not consist in never lying but in knowing when to lie and when not to do so.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)