What is a lie? It is to say what is real is not real. It is to deny the existence of what exists.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.
I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie.
We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.
People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.
When people write lies about you, and you know that they are lies, that means that they don't know the truth.
If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means.
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.
The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.
The lie is a condition of life.
It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. A person who lies is thereby responding to the truth, and he is to that extent respectful of it.