There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in masquerade.
I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying - and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn't be able to get away with.
Truth travels slowly and gets weaker as it goes. Suitable lies are strong and run faster.
A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication.
A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it.
Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.
Half the world knows not how the other half lies.
A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]
Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
Carlyle said 'a lie cannot live.' It shows that he did not know how to tell them.
Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.
Every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger.
A lie should be trampled on and extinguished wherever found. I am for fumigating the atmosphere when I suspect that falsehood, like pestilence, breathes around me.
The difference between the truth and a lie is that both of them can hurt, but only one will take the time to heal you afterward.
Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.
Dying is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie.
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