Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.
I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.
Lying does exist in crazy forms.
Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
Lying is the greatest of all sins.
Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.
Lying can never save us from another lie.
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