Honesty and Trust

This file is about truth, honesty, integrity, trust, dishonesty and lying.

Quotes

Anytime you find that truth stands in your way, you can be certain that you are headed in the wrong direction.
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. (Josh Billings)
Beauty is truth, truth beauty--that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. (John Keats, from Ode on a Grecian Urn)
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. (Sigmund Freud)
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends, but it will get you the right ones.
Between whom there is hearty truth, there is love. (Henry David Thoreau)
Beware of the half-truth. You may have gotten hold of the wrong half.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truth. (Moliere)
Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service. (Leslie Stephen)
Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth. (Alfred North Whitehead)
Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth. (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. (Aldous Huxley)
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly. (George E. MacDonald)
Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth or the only truth. (Charles A. Dana)
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. (Charles Caleb Colton)
A half-truth is a whole lie. (Yiddish Proverb)
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see. (Ayn Rand)
The heart is the temple wherein all truth resides.
The highest compact we can make with another is 'let there be truth between us two for evermore'. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. (Plato)
Honesty is the best policy
Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. (Steve Landesberg)
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant. (H. L. Mencken)
I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. (Newton Isaac)
I had rather do and not promise than promise and not do.
I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it. (Lee Iacocca)
I have seen the truth and it makes no sense.
If it weren't for humor, we might never get at the truth.
If one cannot invent a really convincing lie, it is often better to stick to the truth. (Angela Thirkell)
If you are willing to admit you are wrong when you are wrong, then you are all right.
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. (Mark Twain)
Integrity--When you do the right thing even though no one is watching.
Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don't. (Peter Scotese)
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. (Spencer Johnson)
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. (Jerome K. Jerome)
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. (English Proverb)
It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Conan Doyle)
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. (Samuel Johnson)
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition to stand up for it. (A. A. Hodge)
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. (H. L. Mencken)
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. (Noel Coward)
It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.
Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are. (Vernon Howard)
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. (Aesop)
A lie can be half 'round the world before the truth gets it's boots on. (James Callaghan)
Life is simpler when you tell the truth.
Look a man in the eye and say what you really think, don't just smile at him and say what you're supposed to think.
Love thy neighbor and if it requires that you bend the truth, the truth will understand. (Robert Brault)
Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past. (Rick Pitino)
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world. (Thomas Carlyle)
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. (Benjamin Disraeli)
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. (Mark Twain)
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor. (Andrew Carnegie)
No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it. (Charles Caleb Colton)
No matter what you believe, it doesn't change the facts. (Al Kersha)
Nobody believes the official spokesman...but everybody trusts an unidentified source. (Ron Nesen)
Not knowing the truth doesn't make you ignorant – not wanting to know the truth is what makes you ignorant.
Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another. (Charles Caleb Colton)
Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)
People who are brutally honest often get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty. (Richard J. Needham)
Pretty much all the truth-telling there is in the world is done by children. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)
One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences. (O. A. Battista)
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. (Niels Bohr)
People will believe anything if you whisper it.
Real integrity stays in place whether the test is adversity or prosperity. (Charles Swindoll)
Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. (Frank Herbert)
Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth. (Kahlil Gibran)
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. (Charles De Gaulle)
Some stories are true that never happened. (Elie Wiesel)
Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after!
Telling someone the truth is a loving act. (Mal Pancoast)
There are truths that are not for all men, nor for all times. (Richard Whately)
This above all; to thine own self be true. (William Shakespeare)
To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved. (George MacDonald)
To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success. (Orison Swett Marden)
To thine own self be true.
Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. (Robert Brault)
Trust everybody, but cut the cards. (Finley Peter Dunne)
Truth and credibility are usually incompatible.
Truth does not mind being questioned. A lie does not like to be challenged.
Truth exists. Only lies are invented. (Georges Braque)
Trust is like an eraser. It gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.
The truth has never been of any real value to any human being--it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. (Graham Greene)
Truth is a point, the subtlest and finest; harder than adamant; never to be broken, worn away or blunted. Its only bad quality is, that it is sure to hurt those who touch it; and likely to draw blood, perhaps the life blood of those who press earnestly upon it. (Walter Savage Landor)
The truth is a wonderful thing, not a burden one must carry. (La Rochefourauld)
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who have loved it. (Henry David Thoreau)
Truth is not determined by majority vote. (Doug Gwyn)
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. (Oscar Wilde)
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn't. (Voltaire)
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)
The TRUTH: It may not lead you to where you thought you were going, but it will always lead you somewhere better. When ignored, it will eventually show itself. The closeness of your relationships is directly proportional to the degree to which you have revealed the truth about yourself. It can be painful.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. (William Penn)
The truth shall make you free. (John 8:32)
A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent. (William Blake)
We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart. (Blaise Pascal)
We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are. (Harry S. Truman)
Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. (Walt Whitman)
Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow. (Yumus Emre)
When a woman tells you her problems it doesn't mean she's complaining, it means she trusts you.
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. (William Blake)
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. (Otto von Bismarck)
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction. Fiction, after all, has to make sense. (Mark Twain)
You can always trust the information given to you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels. (Sheila Ballantyne)
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough. (Frank Crane)
You never find yourself until you face the truth. (Pearl Bailey)
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. (Aldous Huxley)

Communication and Honesty

Lying to a partner is never right but sometimes it is understandable. Some people try to control their partner by becoming upset at things they disapprove of or don't like. The other person resorts to lying to avoid upsetting them.
True communication involves both a willingness to hear the truth and a willingness to tell the truth. If one person refuses to hear the truth the other person may stop telling it. People need to give each other the freedom to be honest.
It is fine to express your feelings about a partner's behavior and hope that they will change. It is quite another to use emotional blackmail to prevent them from doing things you don't like or approve of. Adults should be in charge of their own behavior.
Of course, if their actions are illegal or immoral that changes things--as long you don't try to apply you own moral values on them. Adults have a right to decide on their own moral values.
You do have a right to insist your partner not do anything illegal or that could potentially expose you to health or financial problems.
Examples:
There is no 100 percent protection against STDs other than being only with one partner.
Money spent on activities your partner does not approve of should only be extra money after all household expenses are paid.
Marriage vows are a promise and each person should be expected to keep them.

Song lists about truth, honesty, confession and sincerity is at the bottom of the page.

Dishonesty and Lies

Quotes

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. (Samuel Butler)
Beware of the half truth. You may have gotten hold of the wrong half.
Butterflies don't fly
They just hitch hike the winds
Butterflies are a lie
The deceit is a worm with wings
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
The continued utterance of a lie does not make it true, but it does convince many that it is, particularly if you can squelch most efforts to expose the lie. (Shapley R. Hunter)
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. (Robert L. Stevenson)
Do not do what you would undo if caught. (Leah Arendt)
Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth. (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
A good storyteller never lets the facts get in the way.
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. (Plato)
I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version. (from Colonel Oliver North's Iran-Contra testimony)
If one cannot invent a really convincing lie, it is often better to stick to the truth. (Angela Thirkell)
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted. (Charles Horton Cooley)
If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would be no lies. (B. Traven)
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. (Jerome K. Jerome)
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. (English Proverb)
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. (H. L. Mencken)
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. (Noel Coward)
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. (Aesop)
A lie can be half 'round the world before the truth gets it's boots on. (James Callaghan)
A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else. (Cardinal De Retz)
Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie.
Never trust anybody who says 'trust me'.
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive! (Sir Walter Scott)
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made. (Jean Giraudoux)
Smart is when you believe only half of what you hear. Brilliant is when you know which half to believe. (Robert Orben)
The thief who has no opportunity to steal thinks he is an honest man. (Hebrew Proverb)
Trust everybody, but cut the cards. (Finley Peter Dunne)
Truth does not mind being questioned. A lie does not like to be challenged.
Truth exists. Only lies are invented. (Georges Braque)
While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive. (Sissela Bok)
With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back. (Russian Proverb)

The Biggest Lies

The check is in the mail.
I'll respect you in the morning.
I'm from your government, and I am here to help you.
You get this one, I'll pay next time.
My wife doesn't understand me.
Trust me, I'll take care of everything.
Of course I love you.
I am getting a divorce.
Drinking? Why, no, Officer.
I never inhaled.
It's not the money, it's the principle of the thing.
I never watch television except for PBS.
...but we can still be good friends.
She means nothing to me.
Don't worry, I can go another twenty miles when the gauge is on empty.
I gave at the office.
Don't worry, he's never bitten anyone.
I'll call you later.
We'll release the upgrade by the end of the year.
I've never done anything like this before
Now, I'm going to tell you the truth
It's supposed to make that noise.
I *love* your new (hat/haircut/dress/suit...)!
...then take a left. You can't miss it.
Yes, I did.

Setting an Example

It's about time someone spoke up for the much-maligned younger generation:

When Johnny was six, he was with his father when they were caught speeding. He saw his father hand the officer $20 with his driver's license. No ticket.

When Johnny was ten, be broke his glasses on the way to school. He heard his mother tell the man from the insurance company that they had been stolen and they collected $157.

When Johnny was fifteen, he made right guard on the high school football team. His coach taught him to block and, at the same time, grab the opposing end by the shirt so the official couldn't see it.

When he was sixteen, he took a summer job at a big market. His job was to put the overripe tomatoes in the bottom of the boxes and good ones on top.

When Johnny went to college, he was approached by an upperclassman who offered him the answers to an English exam for $10, "It's O.K. kid," he was told, "everybody does it." Johnny was caught and sent home in disgrace.

"How could you do this to your mother and me?" his father asked. "You never learned anything like this at home!"

If there's one thing the adult world can't stand, it's a kid that cheats.

Songs about Lying

Ain't Gonna Lie - Keith (1966)
Ain't You Sorry That You Lied? - Texas Ruby (1948)
Alyssa Lies - Jason Michael Carroll (2007)
And He Told Me a Lie - Margie Rayburn (1958)
Angels Don't Lie - Jim Reeves (1970)
Any Little Lie - Emilio (1995)

Baby, I Lied - Shannon Brown (2001)
Beautiful Lies - Sweethearts of the Rodeo (1996)
Because of a Lie - Wade Ray (1955)
Bed of Lies - Ken Copeland (1957)
Believe Me Baby (I Lied) - Trisha Yearwood (1996)
Big Red Roses and Little White Lies - Kay Austin (1978)

Can't Lie to My Heart - Richard Marx (1997)
Cheatin' and Lyin' - Brownie McGhee (1954)
Clues and Lies - Nathalie Matteau (2006)

Didn't She Lie? - Every Mother's Son (1967)
Don't Let Your Lips Say Yes, Your Heart Say No - Nettles (1954)
Don't Lie - Trace Adkins (2000)
Don't Lie to Me - Big Star (1972)
Don't Live a Lie - Gene Autry (1945)
Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Aretha Franklin (1970)
Don't You Lie to Me - Snooks Eaglin (1960)
Dreams Don't Lie - Darden Smith (2002)
Drink, Swear, Steal and Lie - Michael Peterson (1997)

End of the Lyin' - Bobby Barnett (1968)

Feelings Cannot Lie - Rory Block (1977)
Forgive Me Darling, I Have Lied - The Ran-Dells (1963)

Get Your Lie the Way You Want it - Bonnie Guitar (1966)
Girls Lie, Too - Terri Clark (2004)

Heart Won't Lie, The - Vince Gill and Reba McEntire (1993)
Her Love Don't Lie - David Lynn Jones (1992)
Homemade Lies - First Edition (1968)
How Do You Lie to a Heart? - Tex Williams (1962)

I Ain't Lying - Travis Wammack (1965)
I Can Honestly Say it's a Lie - Teddi King (1956)
I Can't Lie Anymore - John Wetton (1999)
I Can't Lie to Me - Clay Davidson (2000)
I Can't Lie to Myself - Bob Nolan (1953)
I Can't Tell That Lie to My Heart - Red River Dave (1948)
I Could Never Lie to You - New Colony Six (1969)
I Couldn't Lie to You - Gregg Rolie (1987)
I Don't Lie - Joe Stampley (1979)
I Just Can't Tell You No Lie - The Moonglows (1952)
I Know You Don't Lie - James O'Gwynn (1969)
I Let Her Lie - Daryle Singletary (1995)
I Lie - Loretta Lynn (1982)
I Never Lied to You - Syd Barrett (1970)
I Think You're Lying - The Virtues (1956)
I Won't Lie - Shannon Brown (1998)
I Wouldn't Tell You No Lie - The Tractors (1999)
I'd Be Lyin' - Larry Henley (1965)
I'd Be Lying - Dottie West (1965)
I'd Rather Hear Lies - Shirley Collie (1960)
I'll Be a Liar - Betty Harris (1969)
I'll Lie Myself to Sleep - Shelby Lynne (1990)
I'm Just Living a Lie - Bettye Swann (1971)
I'm Livin' a Lie - Jeanne Pruett (1977)
If Only Your Eyes Could Lie - Earl Thomas Conley (1992)
If You Tell a Lie - The McCoys (1965)
If You Tell Me One More Lie - Curtis Gordon (1953)
If You're Lying, You'll Be Crying - Righteous Brothers (1963)
Innocent Lies - Sonny James (1982)
It All Started with a Lie - Chris Ward (1996)
It Was a Lie - Bobby Moore and the Fourmost (1965)
It Would Be a Doggone Lie - Hawkshaw Hawkins (1956)
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie - Slim Whitman (1971)

Jealous Lies - Ray Price (1949)
Just Another Lie - Nigel Olsson (1975)

Kisses Don't Lie - George Ducas (1995)
Kisses Never Lie - Carl Smith (1961)

La-La-La-Lies - The Who (1966)
Last Lie I Told Her, The - Ronny Robbins (1978)
Left With Alibis and Lying Eyes - Emery (2005)
Let the Liar Pass on By - Brendan Croker (1986)
Liar - Three Dog Night (1971)
Liar, Liar - The Castaways (1965)
Liars One, Believers Zero - Bill Anderson (1977)
Liar's Moon - Western Flyer (1994)
Liar's Poker - Chuck Pyle (2001)
Liar's Roses - Tammy Wynette (1989)
Lie, The - Greg Lake (1981)
Lie and Get By - Mac Curtis (1963)
Lie and Say You Love Me - The Wagoneers (1988)
Lie Detector - Arlie Duff (1955)
Lie for a Lie, A - Richard Fenn and Nick Mason (1985)
Lie to Linda - Stella Parton (1978)
Lie to Me - Daniel Powter (2006)
Lies - Doyle Holly (1988)
Lies and Alibis - Chris Pope (2008)
Lies and Deceit - Natalie Wattre Band (2007)
Lies and Gossip - 3 Cohens (2007)
Lies, Deceit, Dishonor - The Butcher's Hand (2008)
Lies, Excuses, Apologies - Eyes Wide Open (2004)
Lies on Your Lips - Christy Lane (1982)
Lies That We Live, The - Millie Jackson (1995)
Lips That Kiss So Sweetly Can Lie So Easily - J. Fautheree (1951)
Lips That Lie - The Clinch Mountain Boys (1963)
Lipstick Don't Lie - Mark Collie (1996)
Lillie's White Lies - Martin Delray (1990)
Little Lie, A - Kitty Kallen (1955)
Little White Lies - Chris Connor (1987)
Living a Lie - Ian Gillan Band (1982)
Love is a Liar - Cee Cee Chapman (1989)
Love That's a Lie, A - Joan Weber (1957)
Lovely Lies - Randy and the Rainbows (1966)
Lovin' Arms and Lyin' Eyes - Eddy Raven (1982)
Loving Here and Living There and Lying in Between - Faron Young (1978)
Lyin' Eyes - The Eagles (1975)
Lyin' in His Arms - Forester Sisters (1988)
Lyin' Jukebox - Hank Williams, Jr. and Lois Johnson (1992)
Lyin' to Myself - The Partridge Family (1990)
Lying Brown Eyes - The Davis Sisters (1956)
Lying Time Again - Mel Tillis (1980)
Lying to Myself - The Delfonics (1974)
Lying to the Moon - Robin and Linda Williams (1993)

Mama Didn't Lie - Jan Bradley (1963)
Many Lies Ago - Goldie Hill (1962)
My Favorite Lies - Chris Wall (1999)

Ninety-Proof Lies - Tommy Overstreet (1976)

One More Lie - Bob Crewe (1961)

Package of Lies Tied in Blue, A - Cowboy Copas (1949)
Please Don't Tell a Lie about Me - Lew Williams (1954)
Please Lie to Me - Don Cornell (1965)

Reasons to Lie - Whiskeytown (2001)
Red Lips, Blue Eyes, Little White Lies - Hugh Moffatt (1995)
Red Lips, White Lies and Blue Hours - Don Gibson (1951)
Rumors, Gossip, Words Untrue - Swinging Blue Jeans (1966)

Say You Lied - J.D. Crowe and the New South (1986)
She Really Lied - Allen Reynolds (1962)
Somebody Lied -Ricky Van Shelton (1987)
Someone Told a Lie - Steppenwolf (1975)
Someone Told You a Lie - Cathy Carr (1961)
Standard Lie Number One - Stella Parton (1977)
Sweet Lies - The Glaser Brothers (1958)
Sweet Talk and Good Lies - Heather Myles (2002)

Tell Me a Lie - Janie Fricke (1983)
Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong - George Jones (1970)
Telling Me Lies - Trio (1987)
Tender Lie, A - Restless Heart (1988)
Tender Lovin' Lies - Judy Bailey (1983)
That's When the Lyin' Stops and the Lovin' Starts - Pal Rakes (1977)
Til a Tear Becomes a Rose - Lorrie Morgan and Keith Whitley (1990)
To Tell You the Truth, I Lied - Joe Nichols (1997)
Truth is I Lied, The - Ricochet (1996)
Truth is We're Livin' a Lie, The - R.C. Bannon (1978)
Truth of a Lie - Pyramid (1975)

What a Lie - Sammi Smith (1979)
Whiskey Lies and Alibis - Teresa Lynne (2006)
White Lies - Jason and the Scorchers (1985)
White Lies and Alibis - Ashley Jay (2001)
Why Can't You Lie to Me? - Matthew Fisher (1981)
Why Did You Lie to Me? - Lattie Moore (1958)
Why Lie? - Joy Layne (1961)
Wicked Lies - The Lonesharks (1995)
World's Biggest Whopper, The - Junior Samples (1967)
Would I Lie to You? - Whitesnake (1981)

You Are a Liar - Whitey Shafer (1981)
You Can't Lie to a Liar - Barry Gordon (1962)
You Can't Tell a Lie to Your Heart - Don Cornell (1951)
You Lie - Reba McEntire (1990)
You Lied to Me - Chuck Colbert (2000)
You Should Have Lied - Lee Ann Womack (2002)
You Told a Lie - Larry Clinton (1949)
Your Eyes Don't Lie to Me - Bill Anderson (1994)
Your Lies - Vicki Lawrence (1979)
Your Lies Have Broken My Heart - Jimmy Osborne (1947)
Your Lying Blue Eyes - John Anderson (1979)
Your Lying Ways - Bill Goodwin (1958)
You've Got Me Lyin' - Howard Crockett (1957)

Songs about Deceit

Deceit - Tri-Color (2001)
Deceit and Duplicity - Dustball (2002)
Deceive Myself - Anything But Federal (2007)
Deception - Miles Davis (1950)
Don't Deceive Me - Hank Crawford (1999)
Eyes Don't Deceive - PKG (2004)
I Deceive Myself - Studebaker John (2008)
I Will Never Deceive You - J.J. Sheridan (2007)
I've Been Deceived - Charlie Feathers (1955)
Lies and Deceit - Natalie Wattre Band (2007)
Lies, Deceit, Dishonor - Butcher's Hand (2008)
Master of Deceit - Subliminal (2008)
Never Deceive You - Horace Andy (1995)
Scars of Deceit - S.K. Krow (2006)
Sweet Deceit - Chris Wilson (2008)
Sweet Deceiver - Kevin Ayers (1975)
Web of Deceit - Morticite (2008)

Songs about Falseness and Faking

Can't Fake the Feeling - Joe Smooth (2009)
Fake Fingernails - David Fredrick Lochelt (2005)
Fake Fur Elise - Tom Constanten (1992)
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead (2003)
Fakin' it - Simon and Garfunkel (1968)
Faking Love - Karen Brooks and T.G. Sheppard (1982)
False Accusations - Robert Cray Band (2008)
False Alarm - Molly Bee (1955)
False Apologies - Keith Moore (2002)
False Face - J.J. Jackson (1963)
False Friends - Gene McDaniels (1963)
False Hope - Esa and Barry Jackson (2008)
False Pretenses - Marc Catley (1996)
False Prophecy - Pierce (2007)
False-Hearted Girl - Ella Morse and Ernie Ford (1952)

Songs about Imitation and Illusion

Cheap Imitation - Gayle Skidmore (2008)
Cheap Imitation of You - Wayne Toups (2004)
Disillusioned - The Tams (1962)
Genuine Imitation Life - Jackie Lomax (1967)
Good Imitation of the Blues - Alan Jackson (2006)
Imitation - Katelyn Hart (2006)
Imitation Angel - Val Cain (2006)
Imitation Leather Shoes - Widespread Panic (2004)
Imitation Life - Robin Lane (2006)
Imitation of Affection - Coersion (2007)
Imitation of Life - Billie Ray Martin (1996)
Imitation of Living - Kenn Kweder (1995)
Imitation of Love - Linda Kadis (2006)
Imitation of the Blues - Orville Johnson (2004)
Imitation Pearls - David J (2006)
Life of Illusion, A - Joe Walsh (1981)
Love and Imitation - Infusion (2005)
Optical Illusion - Al Stewart (1980)
Plastic Imitation - Kryptonics (2007)
Smooth Imitation - Lance Koonah (2006)
Sweet Illusion - Junior Campbell (1973)
Wonderful Illusion - Eartha Kitt (1964)
Worst Imitation of You - Gentlemen Callers (2006)

Songs about Gossip and Rumors

Gossip - Carmen Lundy (2008)
Gossip and Rumors - Lucky 7 (2004)
Hometown Gossip - The Whites (1985)
Idle Gossip - Jackie Paris (2005)
Lies and Gossip - 3 Cohens (2007)
Let the Rumors Fly - Gerry Granahan (1959)
Rumor, The - Dave Kirby (1969)
Rumor Has it - Clay Walker (1997)
Rumors - Lindsay Lohan (2004)
Rumors are Flying - Les Paul (1946)
Rumors, Gossip, Words Untrue - Swinging Blue Jeans (1966)

Songs about Truth

Awful Truth, The - Larry Gentry (2005)

Closer to the Truth - Tony Joe White (1991)
Cold Hard Truth, The - Ed Burleson (2005)

Don't Want the Truth - Ian Gillan Band (1981)

Face up to the Truth - Doris Troy (1967)

Gospel Truth - Bob Babbitt (1973)

Heartbreaking Truth, The - Don and Juan (1965)
Honky-Tonk Truth - Brooks and Dunn (1997)

I Couldn't Believe it Was True - Eddy Arnold (1947)
I Love You Truly - Pat Boone (1963)
I Love Your Truth - Rod Price (2003)
I've Got to Tell Myself the Truth - Robbie Fulks (2001)
If I Told You the Truth - The Randy Rogers Band (2006)
If it's True - Yvonne King (1941)
If the Truth Hurts - Heather Myles (1996)
If the Truth Was Known - Shot Jackson (1952)
If the Truth Were Known - Donnie Weaver (2008)
Is it True? - Brenda Lee (1964)
It Can't Be True - The Turks (1961)
It's True 'Bout Love - Al Brown's Tunetoppers (1960)
It's True I'm Gonna Miss You - Carolyn Franklin (1969)

Moment of Truth - Foreigner (1991)
Moment of Truth, The - Frankie Laine (1967)
My True Confession - Brook Benton (1963)
My True Story - The Jive Five (1961)

Nothing But the Truth - Gary Brooker (1998)

Pretty Close to the Truth - Jim Lauderdale (1994)

Seek the Truth - Logic of Distress (2008)
She's Too Good to Be True - Exile (1987)
Speak to Me of Love, Speak to Me of Truth - Harper (1998)
Swear to Tell the Truth - Earl Hooker (1961)

Tammy, Tell Me True - Donna Douglas (1961)
Tell Me That it isn't True - Bob Dylan (1969)
Tell Me the Truth - Timothy B. Schmit (1990)
Tell Me True - Juice Newton (1988)
Tell Me Truly - Petula Clark (1953)
Tell the Truth - Derek and the Dominos (1970)
That's the Truth - Paul Brandt (1999)
This Can't Be True - Eddie Holman (1965)
This Much I Know is True - Jimmy Osmond (2000)
Three Chords and the Truth - Sara Evans (1997)
To Tell the Truth - Jerry Riopelle (1971)
To Tell You the Truth, I Lied - Joe Nichols (1997)
Too Good to Be True - Michael Peterson (1997)
Trouble With the Truth, The - Patty Loveless (1997)
True Believer - Chris Jasper (2006)
True Blue - Bill Emerson (1990)
True Blues - Jimmy McCracklin (1950)
True Colors - Cyndi Lauper (1986)
True Companion - Marc Cohn (1991)
True Confession - Sue Thompson (1963)
True Confessions - Joy Lynn White (1993)
True to His Word - Boy Howdy (1995)
True-Life Country Music - Razzy Bailey (1980)
Truly - Lionel Richie (1982)
Truly in Love - Robert and Johnny (1959)
Truly Julie's Blues - The Cascades (1966)
Truly, Madly, Deeply - Savage Garden (1998)
Truly True - Billy 'Crash' Craddock (1961)
Truly, Truly - Shirley Ellis (1966)
Truly Yours - The Spinners (1966)
Truth, The - Dennis Locorriere (2005)
Truth about Men, The - Tracy Byrd (2003)
Truth About You, The - The Lonesome Strangers (1997)
Truth Be Told - Bill Kirchen (2006)
Truth Doesn't Always Rhyme, The - Rebecca Holden (1989)
Truth Inside, The - Kristen Hall (1999)
Truth is Born of Argument - The Locust (2009)
Truth is I Lied, The - Ricochet (1996)
Truth is Strange - Terri Hendrix (2002)
Truth is We're Livin' a Lie, The - R.C. Bannon (1978)
Truth Number One - Willie Nelson (1970)
Truth of a Lie - Pyramid (1975)
Truth, Ruth, The - Freddy 'Boom Boom' Cannon (1962)
Truth Takes Time - Kristen Hall (1996)
Truth Will Find Itself - Don Burke (2004)

Very True Story, A - Chris Kenner (1961)

Way, the Truth, the Light, The - New Tradition (1991)
What is Truth? - Johnny Cash (1970)
Wild Truth, The - T-Bone Burnett (1987)

You Can't Handle the Truth - Leigh Stephens (2004)
You Can't Run Away From Your Own True Feelings - Lenny Welch (1968)
Yours Truly - Snooks Eaglin (1960)

Songs about Honesty and Honor

Be Honest - Thrasher Shiver (1997)
Be Honest with Me - Kathy Barnes (1975)
Hard to Be Honest - Cody McCarver (2006)
Honest I Do - The Innocents (1960)
Honest I'm Honest with You - Zeke Clements (1945)
Honest Lullaby - Joan Baez (1979)
Honestly - Dick Thomas (1945)
Honestly I Do - Johnny Burnette (1961)
Honesty - Billy Joel (1979)
Honesty and Emotion - John Verity (1985)
Honesty (Write Me a List) - Rodney Atkins (2004)
Honor Bound - Earl Thomas Conley (1985)
I Can Honestly Say it's a Lie - Teddi King (1956)
I Got it Honest - Aaron Tippin (1994)
I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John (1974)
Just an Honest Mistake - The Limeliters (1961)
On My Word of Honor - The Platters (1957)
One Honest Heart - Reba McEntire (1999)
Word of Honor - Tommy Page (1996)

Songs about Confessions

Allow Me to Confess - Gina Sicilia (2007)
Confess - Jennifer Matthews (2006)
Confess it to Your Heart - Gerry Granahan (1958)
Confess My Love - Fatality (2004)
Confess Your Love - Craig Wisda (2006)
Confessin' My Love - Shawn Camp (1994)
Confessions of a Broken Heart - Lindsay Lohan (2005)
I Confess - Michael Clark (2000)
I'm Confessin' That I Love You - Willie Nelson (1990)
Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots (1968)
My True Confession - Brook Benton (1963)
True Confession - Sue Thompson (1963)
True Confessions - Joy Lynn White (1993)

Songs about Sincerity

Are You Sincere? - Andy Williams (1958)
Love Me Sincerely - Billy and Lillie (1963)
Most Sincere Apology - Michael Trent (2007)
Most Sincere Sarcastic Apology - Waiting for Sirens (2008)
My Sincere Apology - Mirna Garcia (2006)
Sincere Apology, A - Michael Wandmacher (2005)
Sincerely - The McGuire Sisters (1955)
Sincerely, Your Friend - Benny Joy (1961)
Sincerely Yours - Robert Goulet (1962)
Yours Sincerely - Patsy Sledd (1973)