#falsehood

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable. ↗

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Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood. ↗

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Is there an intelligent man or woman now in the world who believes in the Garden of Eden story? If you find any man who believes it, strike his forehead and you will hear an echo. Something is for rent. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#fairy-tale #falsehood #humor #myth #intelligence

To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them. ↗

— Aristophanes

#falsehood #government #hypocrisy #politics #popularity

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. ↗

— David Arquette

#business #different #dishonesty #dislike #falsehoods

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

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Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. ↗

— Albert Camus

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It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. ↗