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If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it.
If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it.
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies read more
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie
The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie
If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, read more
If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, they even swear by it.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies read more
There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it.
To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
