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"
Quotations
Lie
Great liars are also Great magicians.
-Adolf Hitler
If you lie to me, keep lying; don’t hurt me by suddenly telling the truth.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Do not assert with your mouth what your heart denies.
-Yin Chih Wen
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
No man should talk one way with his lips and think another way in his heart.
-The Talmud
"Baba Metzia 49"
The best revenge on a liar is to convince him that you believe what he said.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
When you lie, tell big lies because in the big lie, there is always a certain force of credibility.
-Adolf Hitler
Am I lying to you if I tell you the same lie I tell myself?
-Robert Brault
I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
-Jean Cocteau
