Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique.
Lying does exist in crazy forms.
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.
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
The worst kind of lying I've ever done is keeping things from people.
Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.
I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
To a liar, the most dangerous individual is the person who catches lies but doesn't say anything about it. Then the liar isn't sure which lies are compromised.
Lying is the greatest of all sins.