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Falsehood: Quotations from Burning Words

Wisdom and truth, the offspring of the sky, are immortal; while cunning and deception, the meteors of the earth, after glittering for a moment, must pass away.— ROBERT HALL

Dishonor waits on perfidy. A man should blush to think a falsehood; it is the crime of cowards.— SAMUEL JOHNSON

Lie not, neither to thyself nor men nor God. Let mouth and heart be one - beat and speak together, and make both felt in action. It is for cowards to lie.— GEORGE HERBERT

I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles that could be trusted in matters of importance.— PALEY

Dissimulation in youth is the forerunner of perfidy in old age; its first appearance is the fatal omen of growing depravity and future shame.— BLAIR