 | "Liars when they speak the truth are not believed."
- Aristotle
, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers. |
| "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
, radio address, October 26, 1939. |
| "The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
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| "All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it."
- H. L. Mencken
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| "It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar."
- Jerome K. Jerome
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| "A lie told often enough becomes the truth."
- Lenin
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| "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
- Mark Twain
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| "False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."
- Plato
, Dialogues, Phaedo. |
| "A liar should have a good memory."
- Quintilian
, De Institutione Oratoria. |
| "Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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