Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth read more

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

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.

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.

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.

Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.

Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him 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.

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.