There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.

There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.

I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
I said in my haste, All men are liars.

I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.

Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.

Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.

Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

The great mass of people will more easily fall victems to a big lie than to a small one.

The great mass of people will more easily fall victems to a big lie than to a small one.

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.
[Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]

A liar is always lavish of oaths.
[Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]