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Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.
Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.
Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie.
Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie.
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies
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.
Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all read more
Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.
Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.
The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we read more
The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid. We fear we will not find love, and when we find it we fear we'll lose it. We fear that if we do not have love we will be unhappy.
Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.
Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.
