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. H L Mencken
The cruellest lies are often told in silence. Robert Louis Stevenson
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election. Otto von Bismarck
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Benjamin Disraeli
No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant. Friedrich Nietzsche
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it. William James
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous. Alfred Adler
Truth exists; only lies are invented. Georges Braque
Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom. Anatole France
He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. Alexander Pope
A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie. C. E. Montague
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. Socrates
The great mass of people…will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one. Adolf Hitler
Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them! John Gay
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar. Jerome K Jerome
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. Richard Bach
It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth. Robert Armstrong