Better To Tell The Truth Than To Lie Quotes

#1. But the whole thing, after all, may be put very simply. I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be ignorant.

H.L. Mencken

#2. For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth

Bo Bennett

#3. Hyperbole is sometimes necessary to get at the truth. (It seems odd, doesn't it, that we have to lie to tell the truth better?)

Kate DiCamillo

#4. I was starting to realize the extent of the problem here: everyone is always lying to each other, and even when they're trying to tell the truth, it can still be misleading or wrong. In fact, it almost always is wrong from at least one angle. I mean, the truth is really just a better class of lie.

Frank Portman

#5. I think poets tell better history than historians. Historians lie all the time but the poets can get to truth of it.

John Cusack

#6. I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

H.L. Mencken

#7. It is better to tell the truth and face the punishment, than to lie and face the consequences.

Anthony Liccione

#8. Once in a while, when I was younger, I'd lie, then tell the truth, and I'd feel better.

Tyler Hamilton

#9. The moral of the story was that if you can talk, it's better not to tell the truth.

Louis De Bernieres