We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
Any man who has once acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose falsehood as his principle.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
Playing the Cretan with the Cretans (i.e. lying to liars).
When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie. [Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es jeder bemerken; wenn ich luge, nicht.]
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable
Telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true.
The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous.
The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves.
I hate deception, even where the imagination only is concerned.
As we all know, the most effective lies are the ones sprinkled with the most actual truths.
Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn't?
The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
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