#lying

"There is beauty in truth, even if it's painful. Those who lie, twist life so that it looks tasty to the lazy, brilliant to the ignorant, and powerful to the weak. But lies only strengthen our defects. They don't teach anything, help anything, fix anything or cure anything. Nor do they develop one's character, one's mind, one's heart or one's soul."

"When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie."

"There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics."

"Da used to say that lies were easy, but trust was hard. Trust is like faith: it can turn people into believers, but every time it's lost, trust becomes harder and harder to win back."

"There is nothing worse for the lying soul than the mirror of reality."

"I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you."

"The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its warmth and so she said, 'You're very good at lying.''Do I look like a liar?''You look like you enjoy lying to women,' said the girl, and into her words there crept unawares a touch of the old anxiety, because she really did believe that her young man enjoyed lying to women."

"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."

"No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth."

"One lie has the power to tarnish a thousand truths."

"I have no desire for others to take it on themselves to analyze my thoughts. I am without thoughts. I have never, not even once, acted on the basis of any doctrine or philosophy.I am convinced that those people whom the world considers good and respects are all liars and fakes. I do not trust the world."

"I never lie,"I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love."

"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible."

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

"Over time, any deception destroys intimacy, and without intimacy couples cannot have true and lasting love."

"I always tell the truth. Even when I lie."

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."

"Women writers make for rewarding (and efficient) lovers. They are clever liars to fathers and husbands; yet they never hold their tongues too long, nor keep ardent typing fingers still."

"At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack: Reason and Right"

"The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept."