A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Truth is often attended with danger.
[Lat., Pericula veritati saepe contigua.]

Truth is often attended with danger.
[Lat., Pericula veritati saepe contigua.]

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the read more

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

At times truth may not seem probable.
[Fr., Le vrai peut quelquefois n'etre pas vraisemblable.]

At times truth may not seem probable.
[Fr., Le vrai peut quelquefois n'etre pas vraisemblable.]

Truth hurts only once but a lie hurts every time you remember it...

Truth hurts only once but a lie hurts every time you remember it...

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.