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
"Disenchantment"
Quotations
Lie
Do not assert with your mouth what your heart denies.
-Yin Chih Wen
If you lie to me, keep lying; don’t hurt me by suddenly telling the truth.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Am I lying to you if I tell you the same lie I tell myself?
-Robert Brault
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"
The best revenge on a liar is to convince him that you believe what he said.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological
-Robert Brault
Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Great liars are also Great magicians.
-Adolf Hitler
