No man should talk one way with his lips and think another way in his heart.
-The Talmud
"Baba Metzia 49"
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
The best revenge on a liar is to convince him that you believe what he said.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Am I lying to you if I tell you the same lie I tell myself?
-Robert Brault
If you lie to me, keep lying; don’t hurt me by suddenly telling the truth.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
Hiding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar.
-Jenny O'connell
"The Book of Luke"
Every lie is two lies — the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it.
-Robert Brault
I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
-John Gotti
Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
