Sayings about Falsehood
Better suffer for the truth than proper in a falsehood. ~ Danish Proverbs
False friends are worst than bitter enemies. ~ Scottish Proverbs
There are such things as false truths and honest lies. ~ Gypsy Proverb
False ambition serves the neck. ~ Egyptian Proverbs
One falsehood spoils a thousand truths. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs
The tongue that belongs to a fake friend is sharper than a knife. ~ Argentine Proverbs
Better an honest smack in the face than a false kiss. ~ Jewish Proverbs
It is better to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood. ~ Danish Proverb
On the hook of truth only small carp will bite; in the net of falsehood the big salmon are caught. ~ Latvian Proverbs
If a poor man finds a penny, it is probably a false one. ~ Russian Proverbs
In every false step there is something good. ~ Moroccan Proverbs
Quotations about Falsehood
إou don’t lose when you lose fake friends. ~ Joan Jett
You can’t fake listening. It shows. ~ Raquel Welch
You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal. ~ William S. Burroughs
The most important thing in acting is honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made. ~ George Burns
In a false quarrel there is no true valor. ~ William Shakespeare
Sincerity: if you can fake it, you’ve got it made. ~ Daniel Schorr
The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can’t fake it… try to fake three laughs in an hour — ha ha ha ha ha — they’ll take you away, man. You can’t. ~ Lenny Bruce
Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made. ~ George Burns
You can’t fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal. ~ Doug Coupland
Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships. ~ Sharon Stone
False face must hide what the false heart doth know. ~ William Shakespeare
Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision. ~ Robertson Davies
So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal. ~ William S. Burroughs
That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquillity. ~ Rumi
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made. ~ Groucho Marx
It’s my body. And I like my body. And I like my breasts. And no, they’re not fake. ~ Lindsay Lohan
It’s better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. ~ Matt Damon
Don’t we all just really try to fake it well? ~ Yancy Butler
I’m not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity. ~ Vivien Leigh
You’ve got to be honest; if you can fake that, you’ve got it made. ~ George Burns
You do have to follow your heart, otherwise you’re living a false life. ~ Eric Mabius
You can’t fake it when you’re alone with God, you know. ~ Jim Bakker
A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It’s tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There’s something so beautiful about it that can’t be faked. ~ Maggie Grace
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. ~ Victoria Abril
It is Hillary’s lot in life not to be able to fake it well. ~ Rich Lowry
You can’t fake it when you’re alone with God, you know. ~ Jim Bakker
After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life. ~ Joseph Brodsky
Santa was a fake. ~ Stephen Lawrence
Memory is like an orgasm. It’s a lot better if you don’t have to fake it. ~ Cray Seymore
You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal. ~ William S. Burroughs
Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
If the price is very cheap then it’s almost certainly a fake. ~ David Russell
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah. ~ Richard Bach
The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports the strong probability that yours is a fake. ~ H. L. Mencken
Fake it till you make it. ~ Mary Kay Ash
A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. ~ Benjamin Franklin
You can’t fake listening. It shows. ~ Raquel Welch
Anything that consoles is fake. ~ Iris Murdoch
Fake feeling good…. You’re going to have to learn to fake cheerfulness. Believe it or not, eventually that effort will pay off: you’ll actually start feeling happier. ~ Jean Bach
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms. ~ Damien Hirst
Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away. ~ Ismail Haniyeh
Well, you know what they say in Hollywood – the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it. ~ Cesar Romero
You fake something until you’re good at it. ~ Al Yankovic
Truth vs. Falsehood: How To Tell the Difference. ~ Book preview
