38 quotes found
“The lie is a condition of life.”
“It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.”
“The cruellest lies are often told in silence.”
“I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him you have no business with consequences you are to tell the truth.”
“I do not mind lying but I hate inaccuracy.”
“A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanations.”
“A half-truth is a whole lie.”
“Oh don't tell me of facts - I never believe in facts you know Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts except figures.”
“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 wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked.“I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said.“Have you known me to lie before?”“The best liars are those who tell the truth...”
“I wonder why people you have to meet have to be such liars. They lie as if their lives depended on it.”
“She looks honestly upset, but then, I’ve learned that I can’t read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they’re always lying.”
“Politicians are people who learn not to blink, when they lie.”
“All men are born truthful and die liars.”
