Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.
If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means.
It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.
Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth.
I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions.
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
People can choose between the sweet lie or the bitter truth. I say the bitter truth, but many people don't want to hear it.
I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms.