38 quotes found
“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...”
“One lie has the power to tarnish a thousand truths.”
“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...”
“He who lies artistically, treads closer to the truth than ever he knows.”
“Everybody hates lies even the liars themselves”
“I wonder why people you have to meet have to be such liars. They lie as if their lives depended on it.”
“Who lies for you will lie against you.”
“Like the layers of an onion, under the first lie is another, and under that another, and they all make you cry.”
“To be straight means to be loyal to the truth.”
“The household was pervaded by this atmosphere of a calm adult woman and a man who gave into animal impulses. She reported to him in great detail what her analyst ... said about his binges and his h...”
“She looks honestly upset, but then, Ive learned that I cant read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume theyre always lying.”
“Politicians are people who learn not to blink, when they lie.”
“Sounding frank, honest, and sincere is, of course, a rhetorical strategy in itself, known from ancient literature as parrhesia. Its often employed by liars.”
“If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.”
“PR guys get paid to make people believe that a pile of shit is an investment in soil fertility. Professional liars.Ah! Manannans expression lit with comprehension. They are politicians?”
“Every politician brings in a wide range of context, promises and characters to bring his mission of you to listen to his words and vote for him and later he won't listen to you at any range.”
“Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.”
“Truth is the safest lie.”
“All men are born truthful and die liars.”
