A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.

Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.

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.

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.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

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.

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the read more

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old read more

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.