Quotations
Lie
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
The best revenge on a liar is to convince him that you believe what he said.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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
No man should talk one way with his lips and think another way in his heart.
- The Talmud
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!
- Tennessee Williams
A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.
- Charles Edward Montague
Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological
- Robert Brault
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
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