Logo
Quote by Hannah Arendt
The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depe

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. In this sense, truth, even if it does not prevail in public, possesses an ineradicable primacy over all falsehoods. – Hannah Arendt

Other quotes by Hannah Arendt

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. – Hannah Arendt

Category:
Loyalty
Author
Hannah Arendt
Read Quote

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what we are given by the senses. – Hannah Arendt

Category:
Words
Author
Hannah Arendt
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Truth
category

I guess Im pretty much of a lone wolf. I dont say I dont like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds. – Bela Lugosi

Category:
Truth

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. – Jean de la Bruyere

Category:
Truth

The defendant wants to hide the truth because hes generally guilty. The defense attorneys job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth. – Alan Dershowitz

Category:
Truth

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken. – Jane Austen

Category:
Truth

Random Quotes

There is even a happiness – that makes the heart afraid. – Thomas Hood

Category:
Happiness

Money cant buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while youre being miserable. – Clare Boothe Luce

Category:
Happiness

On several occasions, I discussed with Bill Clinton the subject of inquiries by the media about our relationship. He told me to continue to deny our relationship, that if we would stick together, everything would be okay. – Gennifer Flowers

Category:
relationship

I took Spanish in high school and I didnt do too well in it. My Spanish teacher told me not to go on with Spanish anymore, so I was discouraged a little bit. – Tyler Posey

Category:
teacher