Even a lie is a psychic fact.

It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.

Lying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the ameliorations that it offers, life would become a mere syllogism and hence too metallic to be borne.

I wouldn't think of asking you to lie; you haven't the necessary diplomatic training.

Gentlemen are not supposed to tell the truth about their sex lives, nor are ladies, for that matter. Of course Clinton lied - as would anybody in his position.

I've got my own lie detector at home. I call her 'honey'.

My interview technique rests on the question: Why is this lying bastard lying to me?

I was provided with further input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.

Economical with the actualite.

He led a double life. Did that make him a liar? He did not feel a liar. He was a man of two truths.

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

One always has the air of someone who is lying when one speaks to a policeman.

All men can be led to believe the lie they want to believe.

Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.

There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.

They say that in the end truth will triumph, but it's a lie.

The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed.

A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings.

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.