Quotations
Lie
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
When you lie, tell big lies because in the big lie, there is always a certain force of credibility.
- Adolf Hitler
Every lie is two lies — the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it.
- Robert Brault
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
The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!
- Tennessee Williams
Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
- Jean Cocteau
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
- William Blake
If you lie to me, keep lying; don’t hurt me by suddenly telling the truth.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological
- Robert Brault
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