No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.
I went to Washington to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations,
No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.
Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone.
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All this was inspired by the principle--which is quite true in itself--that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying. These people know only too well how to use falsehood for the basest purposes.
It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are.
Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his mouth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator.
By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is Infinite, undying - Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying.
Liars are always ready to take oaths.
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
Great talker, great liar.
Lying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the ameliorations that it offers, life would become a mere syllogism and hence too metallic to be borne.
The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.
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