If I told you, you might be forced to lie about it. Not that you aren't really good at it, but why put an old man in that position?

Don’t be sorry for the truth. A harsh truth is less damaging than a tender lie, and the worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves.

She says he says, but she could be lying to me, and he could be lying to her, so I can’t believe her, even if I could believe her.

Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale..

Why are you lying to me? I'm so tired of people lying to me. Do I not deserve the truth? Do I look like someone who can't handle it?

Their fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by lying. No one should have that much power.

To begin with, I had never done any good deeds; besides, even if I had simply fabricated a few, I would not have enjoyed going on about them.

Es gibt immer einen Punkt dabei, wo man nicht mehr weiß, ob man lügt oder ob das, was man erfunden hat, wahrer ist als man selber.

Human nature being what it was, the only time you could really be sure you weren’t being lied to was when you were talking to yourself.

Interesting, but she could see that the boy didn't have a single lie in him. A very rare condition, especially for the male of the species.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

For a man who walks in the light, to stay humble is not to walk in the dark; you don't need to project yourself to be thought an honest man.

Don’t lie. Life is a puzzle and we are all unique pieces. When you lie, you make it impossible to find your true place in the grand design.

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.

A lie carries a weight that is exponentially higher than the truth. It’s weight will retard growth directly in proportion to the area lied.