Quotations
Lie

A liar lies to himself as well as to the gods. Lying is the origin of all evils; it leads to rebirth in the miserable planes of existence, to breach of the pure precepts, and to corruption of the body.
- Maharatnakuta Sutra 27

Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological
- Robert Brault

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. In this sense, truth, even if it does not prevail in public, possesses an ineradicable primacy over all falsehoods.
- Hannah Arendt

No man should talk one way with his lips and think another way in his heart.
- The Talmud

I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
- Robert Brault

I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
- John Gotti

Do not assert with your mouth what your heart denies.
- Yin Chih Wen

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Am I lying to you if I tell you the same lie I tell myself?
- Robert Brault

There are three types of lies -- lies, damned lies, and statistics.
- Benjamin Disraeli

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