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| A false report rides post. | 1 |
| A good faculty in lying is a fair step to preferment. | 2 |
| A good lie finds more believers than a bad truth. German. | 3 |
| A great lie is the best. German. | 4 |
| A great talker is a great liar. French. | 5 |
| A half-a-truth is better than a whole lie. | 6 |
| A liar is a bravo towards God and a coward towards man. | 7 |
| A liar is a nuisance to society. | 8 |
| A liar is never esteemed. Sri Lankan. | 9 |
| A liar is sooner caught than a cripple. Italian, Portuguese. | 10 |
| A lie becomes truth when one believes it. German. | 11 |
| A lie begets a lie till they come to generations. | 12 |
| A lie carries ten others. German. | 13 |
| A lie has no legs (no stability) but a slander has wings. | 14 |
| A lie has short legs; i.e., is soon caught. Italian, Spanish. | 15 |
| A lie is soon ready. German. | 16 |
| A lie needs twenty more to prop it. | 17 |
| A lie never grows old. Euripides. | 18 |
| A lie never has enough. German. | 19 |
| A lie that is half truth is ever the blackest lie. Tennyson. | 20 |
| A lie though it promises good will do thee harm and truth will do thee good at last. | 21 |
| A necessary lie is harmless. German. | 22 |
| “Almost” and “very nigh” save many a lie. | 23 |
And that outrageous appetite for lies,
That Satan angles with for souls like flies. Byron. | 24 |
| Don’t tell new lies to old rogues. | 25 |
| Every liar has another for his witness. Modern Greek. | 26 |
| Falsehood is cowardice, truth is courage. Hosea Ballou. | 27 |
| Falsehood is folly. Homer. | 28 |
| Falsehood is just as far distant from truth as the ears are from the eyes. Thales. | 29 |
| Falsehood is often rocked by truth but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse. Cotton. | 30 |
| Falsehood is the devil’s daughter and speaks her father’s tongue. Danish. | 31 |
| Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it. | 32 |
| Falsehood never tires of going round about. Danish. | 33 |
| Falsehood travels and grows. Danish. | 34 |
| From long journeys long lies. Spanish. | 35 |
| He lies as fast as a horse can trot. | 36 |
| He lies like a tooth drawer. French. | 37 |
| He lies like print. Mecklenburg. | 38 |
| He lies like truth. | 39 |
| He may lie boldly who comes from afar. French, Italian. | 40 |
| He that does not lie does not come of good blood. Spanish. | 41 |
| He that hears much hears many lies. | 42 |
| He that tells a lie buffeteth himself. | 43 |
| He who always tells me a lie never cheats me. Spanish. | 44 |
| He who prates much lies much. German. | 45 |
| He who says nothing never lies. Italian. | 46 |
| He who tells a lie must invent twenty more to maintain it. Pope. | 47 |
| He who utters falsehoods shall not be credited when he tells the truth. Aristotle. | 48 |
| He’s a long-bow man; i.e., a liar. | 49 |
| I give him joy that’s awkward at a lie. Young. | 50 |
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| I hate a liar. Plautus. | 51 |
| “I heard one say so,” is half a lie. | 52 |
| If lies are to be believed they must be patched with truth. Danish. | 53 |
| If lies were Latin there would be many learned men. Danish. | 54 |
| It is better to save one’s self by a falsity than to innocently suffer an infamous death. Timæus. | 55 |
| Liars begin by imposing upon others but end by deceiving themselves. | 56 |
| Liars generally pay the penalty of their guilt. Phædrus. | 57 |
| Liars should have good memories. Italian, German. | 58 |
| Lie for him and he’ll swear for you. | 59 |
| Lies and gossips have a wretched offspring. Danish. | 60 |
| Lies and Latin go round the world. Danish. | 61 |
| Lies have short legs. Italian, German. | 62 |
| Lies melt like snow. German. | 63 |
| Lies pass away, truth endures. German. | 64 |
| Long voyages occasion great lies. | 65 |
| Lords and fools speak falsely. Danish. | 66 |
| Lying and gossipping go hand in hand. Spanish. | 67 |
| Lying is the first step to the gallows. German. | 68 |
| Lying lips are an abomination unto the Lord. Bible. | 69 |
| Lying pays no tax. Portuguese. | 70 |
| Lying rides on debt’s back. | 71 |
| No law for lying. | 72 |
| No lie so gross that it does not find believers. German. | 73 |
| Old men and far travellers may lie by authority. | 74 |
| One lie draws ten after it. | 75 |
| One lie in the sultan’s head will keep out twenty truths. Moorish. | 76 |
| One lie makes many. | 77 |
| One lie reaches its hand to another. German. | 78 |
| One must adorn a lie with many others. German. | 79 |
| Painters and poets have liberty to lie. | 80 |
| Show me a liar and I’ll show you a thief. French, German, Dutch. | 81 |
| Singers, lovers and poets are privileged liars. German. | 82 |
| Some lies are better than truth. Turkish. | 83 |
| Tell a lie and you’ll hear the truth. German, Spanish. | 84 |
| The credit got by a lie, lasts only till the truth comes out. | 85 |
| The greatest liars talk most of themselves. | 86 |
| The liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. Italian. | 87 |
| The liar is sooner caught than the cripple. Spanish. | 88 |
| The mou’ that lies slays the saul. | 89 |
| The nimblest footman is a false tale. | 90 |
| The official that cannot lie may as well be out of the world. Spanish. | 91 |
| The thief and liar live under the same roof. German. | 92 |
| There is no vice that hath not its beginning in a lie. Dryden. | 93 |
| Thou canst not better reward a liar than in not believing what he speaketh. Aristippus. | 94 |
| Though a lie be swift truth overtakes it. Italian. | 95 |
| Though a lie be well dressed it is ever overcome. | 96 |
| Two may lie so long as to hang a third. Danish. | 97 |
Who dares think one thing and another tell,
My heart detests him as the gates of hell. Pope. | 98 |
| Who is the greatest liar? Who talks most of himself. Chinese. | 99 |
| Who knows to lie, knows neither to love nor respect his parents. Chinese. | 100 |
| You may shut your doors against a thief but not against a liar. Danish. | 101 |
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