If you lie to me, keep lying; don’t hurt me by suddenly telling the truth.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Quotations
Lie
No man should talk one way with his lips and think another way in his heart.
-The Talmud
"Baba Metzia 49"
There are three types of lies -- lies, damned lies, and statistics.
-Benjamin Disraeli
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
A lie is just the truth waiting to be itself.
-Terri Guillemets
Do not assert with your mouth what your heart denies.
-Yin Chih Wen
I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
-Jean Cocteau
Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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
I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
-John Gotti
