The best revenge on a liar is to convince him that you believe what he said.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Quotations
Lie
Hiding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar.
-Jenny O'connell
"The Book of Luke"
I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
-Jean Cocteau
Every lie is two lies — the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it.
-Robert Brault
No man should talk one way with his lips and think another way in his heart.
-The Talmud
"Baba Metzia 49"
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
If you lie to me, keep lying; don’t hurt me by suddenly telling the truth.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
-John Gotti
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
"A Little Book in C Major"
