If you lie to me, keep lying; don’t hurt me by suddenly telling the truth.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Quotations
Lie
We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.
-Robert Paul “Tad” Williams
Hiding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar.
-Jenny O'connell
"The Book of Luke"
I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
-Jean Cocteau
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
Do not assert with your mouth what your heart denies.
-Yin Chih Wen
Great liars are also Great magicians.
-Adolf Hitler
When you lie, tell big lies because in the big lie, there is always a certain force of credibility.
-Adolf Hitler
I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
-Robert Brault
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
