We all lied.
Sometimes to save yourself pain and punishment. Also, in order to save someone else’s pain, we lied white.
But when people in your life develop a habit of lying, or when your relationships (romantic relationships, friendships, or work relationships) become riddled with lies, things are different.
Then it may be time to speak openly with them. Or, if that doesn’t work (or goes far beyond), spend less time with that person. Or cut them out of your life entirely.
In this post, I would like to share the most helpful and powerful liar quotes and lie sayings.
To help you deal with dishonesty in a smarter, healthier way and not get dragged into endless battles, self-loathing, anger, and depression that undermine you and your hopes and dreams.
If you need more helpful inspiration, check out this post with quotes about dealing with toxic people and this post filled with quotes about fake people.
Related Liar Quotes
“I’m not mad that you lied to me. I’m mad that I can’t believe you from now on.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Because of repeated psychological abuse, there is tremendous trauma in the betrayal caused by constant liars.”
Cathy Burnham Martin
“I don’t mean to insult anyone, but a liar and a man who doesn’t keep his word is worth nothing in my eyes.”
Athan Segal
“Lies sound like facts to people conditioned to misidentify the truth.”
Dashanne Stokes
“Pigs are dirty, but let me say something even worse. You’re a liar! Lies always smell like rotting garbage!”
Mehmet Murat Irdan
“All liars… lie to protect themselves, and lie to protect their ego from the raw pain of truth.”
Aminata Forna
“The only thing worse than a liar is a liar who is also a hypocrite!”
tennessee williams
“Lies are like cockroaches, because every time you discover them, they hide more secrets.”
Gary Hopkins
“I don’t care about mean people. Mean people disguised as nice people annoy me a lot.”
Cindy Cummings Johnson
“Over time, any deception destroys intimacy, and without intimacy, a couple cannot have true and lasting love.
Bonnie Eaker
“I am grateful to those who kindly tell me the truth, even if it is hard to say.”
Karen Salmanson
helpful liar quotes
“To know right from wrong, study the history of a man’s or a woman’s behavior, not the records of their intentions.”
Susie Kasem
“A liar is a liar, lives by the lies he tells, and dies by a life of lies.”
carl sandberg
“Be careful… not everything is what it seems. Some people pretend to be on the beach, but it’s actually quicksand.”
Steve Maravori
“I don’t dislike liars. I disrespect them because they disrespect themselves in the first place.
Revaz Elistavi
“Some people are in complete darkness and burn you down just to see the light. Please don’t take it personally.”
Kamando Kojoli
“A good liar knows that the most effective lie is always the truth stripped down.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“People don’t lie to defile the truth. They lie to defile their minds.”
Munia Khan
“When people cheat in any field, they harm themselves. They threaten their own self-esteem and relationships with others by undermining confidence in their ability to succeed and to be truthful.”
Sheryl Hughes
“Sociopaths have a lifelong pattern of deception for personal gain. They lack remorse and empathy, and are wizards who rationalize the ways they hurt and abuse others.”
Gary Small
“You can’t always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn’t use it before they knelt down to their version of justice.”
Shannon L. Alder
“Trying to make sense of madness will only drive you crazy. Let go.”
Karen Salmanson
“The most dangerous thing to a liar is someone who tells a lie and says nothing, so that the liar is not sure which lies are undermined.”
jessie ball
wise liar quotes
“The fact that so many successful politicians are shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, but a reflection on us. is only a liar.”
Thomas Sowell
“Direct lies, small lies, big lies, short-cut lies…these are all selfish and sources of self-destruction.”
Cathy Burnham Martin
“No one has a better memory than a successful liar.”
abraham lincoln
“Every violation of the truth is not only a kind of suicide for liars, but a stab at the health of human society.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Even the tiniest bit of deception is dishonorable when used for selfish or cowardly reasons.”
Jeanne Birdsoul
“Someone said no one is honest. He was probably a scammer.”
Frank W. Abagnale
“Once a country has grown accustomed to lying, it will take generations to restore the truth.”
Gore Vidal
“We all have our defining moments. It is in these moments that we find our true character. We become heroes or cowards. Truth tellers or liars; I Either we advance or we retreat.”
Robert Kiyosaki
“It’s sad to see that too often people are loved when they’re fake and hated when they’re true.”
Karen Salmanson
insightful liar quotes
“Use your brain when your ears hear one thing and your eyes see another.”
Frank Sonnenberg
“People lie, cheat, bully each other, and wonder why they are unhappy.”
Marty Rubin
“Half the people lie with their lips. The other half with their tears.”
Naseem Nicholas Taleb
“The ability to lie, combined with the lack of accountability, carries almost limitless responsibility.”
Justin K. McFarlane
“Don’t fall in love with someone who won’t raise you in the future.”
Michael Bassey
“Corrupt men are always liars. Lies are their tool, their pleasure, their comfort. In time, they will either believe or half-believe their own lies.”
Robert Payne
“Those who say they are good liars are clearly not, because legally savvy liars always claim to be honest about everything.”
Chuck Klosterman
“There is nothing worse for a lying soul than a mirror of reality.”
Steve Maravori
“A liar is always ready to take an oath.”
Vittorio Alfieri
“The really scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they are more likely to hurt us than exposed lies.”
Sheryl Hughes
“You can criticize me. You can crucify me. You can love me. You can hate me. The mistake of calling me a fake.” Don’t do it, because you’ll be a terrible liar.”
Stephen A. Smith
“A liar begins by making a lie look like the truth, and ends by making the truth itself look like a lie.”
William Shenstone
“A word of love, if not backed up by an act of love, is just a collection of verbal embellishments.”
Karen Salmanson
short liar quotes and liar sayings
“Anyone who thinks it’s acceptable to lie to white people will quickly become colorblind.”
Austin O’malley
“I don’t understand how anyone wouldn’t feel bad after telling so many lies.”
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“Man is a liar. Lies about lies when necessary. I’m an algebraic liar. I think two good lies are a plus.”
Tim Allen
“Truth is as straight as an arrow, lies as meandering as a snake.”
Susie Kasem
“Hope is the only universal liar that never loses its reputation for being truthful.”
Robert Green
“One lie has the power to hurt a thousand truths.”
al david
“Trusting an innocent person is a liar’s most useful tool.”
Stephen King
“Liars are the cause of all sin and crime in the world.”
Epictetus
“Liars often set their own traps.”
Aesop
“Anything is better than lies and deceit.”
Leo Tolstoy
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Need extra motivation and support to handle a difficult situation? Check out this post on quotes about cutting people out of your life and what to do when you’re fed up and tired.
