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.

  • 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 (1896). “Recollections”, p.230, Library of Alexandria
  • The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

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

  • Born: July 29, 1805
  • Died: April 16, 1859
  • Occupation: Historian