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A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
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.
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
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.
That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.
That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.
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.
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if read more
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.