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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

You can best reward a liar by believing nothing of what he says.

We payt a person the complement of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.

There are a terrible lot of lies going round the world, and the worst of it is that they're true.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

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.

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it.

It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.

It is hard to tell if a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place.

There are people who exaggerate so much that they can't tell the truth without lying.

The lie is a condition of life.

Matilda told such dreadful lies It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes.

Half the truth is often a great lie.

No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

The great mass of people will more easily fall victems to a big lie than to a small one.