To make truth sound probable you must always mix in some falsehood with it.[Чтобы сделать правду правдоподобнее, нужно непременно подмешать к ней лжи.]
These lies are like their father that begets them; gross as a mountain, open, palpable.
There is only one sin. And that is theft… When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth.
The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.
The fact is that nothing is more difficult to believe than the truth; conversely, nothing seduces like the power of lies, the greater the better. It’s only natural, and you will have to find the right balance.
The commonest falsehood is that by which one deceives one’s self: the deception of others is a relatively exceptional case.
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.
Success has always been the greatest liar.
Sometimes it is easier to see clearly into the liar than into the man who tells the truth. Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.
