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
Quotations
Lie
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
"A Little Book in C Major"
I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
-John Gotti
There are three types of lies -- lies, damned lies, and statistics.
-Benjamin Disraeli
