Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Quotations
Lie
Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Every lie is two lies — the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it.
-Robert Brault
Am I lying to you if I tell you the same lie I tell myself?
-Robert Brault
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"
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
When you lie, tell big lies because in the big lie, there is always a certain force of credibility.
-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
No man should talk one way with his lips and think another way in his heart.
-The Talmud
"Baba Metzia 49"
