If you lie to me, keep lying; don’t hurt me by suddenly telling the truth.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Quotations
Lie
I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
-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
Am I lying to you if I tell you the same lie I tell myself?
-Robert Brault
I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
-John Gotti
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Every lie is two lies — the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it.
-Robert Brault
I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
-Jean Cocteau
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"
There are three types of lies -- lies, damned lies, and statistics.
-Benjamin Disraeli
