Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes about Lying

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It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Lying, Simple, World

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Lying, Greatness, America

"Democracy in America". Book by Alexis de Tocqueville. Chapter XIII, 1835.

I have always thought it rather interesting to follow the involuntary movements of fear in clever people. Fools coarsely display their cowardice in all its nakedness, but the others are able to cover it with a veil so delicate, so daintily woven with small plausible lies, that there is some pleasure to be found in contemplating this ingenious work of the human intelligence.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Clever, Lying, People

Alexis de Tocqueville (1896). “Recollections”, p.230, Library of Alexandria

Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes about Lying

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