Every lie is two lies — the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it.
-Robert Brault
Quotations
Lie
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
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Great liars are also Great magicians.
-Adolf Hitler
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
-John Gotti
The best revenge on a liar is to convince him that you believe what he said.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
If you lie to me, keep lying; don’t hurt me by suddenly telling the truth.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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"
