To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.

Plato

19.

One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives.

Twain, Mark

20.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Cicero, Marcus T.

21.

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.

Antrim, Minna

22.

What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!

Bernanos, Georges

23.

In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

24.

They say is often a great liar.

Proverb

25.

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

Thatcher, Margaret

26.

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.

Sterling, John

27.

Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other.

Williams, Tennessee

28.

Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone.

Bowen, Elizabeth

29.

It is easier to gather up a bag of loose feathers than to round up or head off a single lie.

30.

A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.

Dunne, Finley Peter

31.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

32.

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

Beecher, Lyman

33.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

Smith, Logan Pearsall

34.

It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.

Armstrong, Robert

35.

Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.

Steiner, George

36.

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

Cocteau, Jean

37.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his mouth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

38.

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.

Rowland, Helen

39.

Great talker, great liar.

Proverb, French

40.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

41.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

Hoffer, Eric

42.

Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.

Proverb, Arabian

43.

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.

Wilde, Oscar

44.

When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.

Feather, William

45.

Liars are always ready to take oaths.

Alfieri, Vittorio, Conte Di

46.

When you rationalize, you do just that. You make rational lies.

47.

If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, they even swear by it.

Franklin, Billy Boy