Logo
A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and

A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie. – Charles Edward Montague, Disenchantment

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Honesty
category

It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen. – Homer Simpson, The Simpsons

Category:
Honesty

There is always a way to be honest without being brutal. – Arthur Dobrin

Category:
Honesty

It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian. – John Updike

Category:
Honesty

Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth. – Mark Twain, Following the Equator

Category:
Honesty

Random Quotes

Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will. – Dan Millman

Category:
Love

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

It is an exciting time where the only limits you have are the size of your ideas and the degree of your dedication – Source Unknown

Category:
Devotion

I am convinced we shall succeed. I have faith in this country, because I have faith in its people. – Horst Koehler

Category:
Faith