One lie has the power to tarnish a thousand truths.
“A liar only uses the truth when they want their lies to sound truthful.”
“One lie can tarnish a thousand truths.”
“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 defec...”
“Don't lies eventually lead to the truth? And don't all my stories, true or false, tend toward the same conclusion? Don't they all have the same meaning? So what does it matter whether they are true...”
“What would you think if I told you that I wasnt an Allomancer? Sazed asked.Id think that you were lying, Vin said.Have you known me to lie before?The best liars are those who tell the truth most of...”
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect fo...”
“Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.”
“Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.”
“People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What Ive learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders ones reality to the person to whom one lies, making tha...”
“Before you enbark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
“Maybe I could dole out the truth in tiny pieces that, once assembled, would make a picture that resembled a reality in which I hadnt done anything wrong.”