Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Quotations
Lie
Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological
-Robert Brault
Do not assert with your mouth what your heart denies.
-Yin Chih Wen
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"
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
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
I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
-Jean Cocteau
I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
-John Gotti
There are three types of lies -- lies, damned lies, and statistics.
-Benjamin Disraeli
