For me, the facts in anything are always secondary. You don't lie convincingly with the truth. You lie convincingly with being a good liar.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means.
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.
One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways.
I have a hard time keeping a story straight when I tell the truth because when you start lying you have to remember what you said, and I'm not very good at that.
Facts, according to my ideas, are merely the elements of truths, and not the truths themselves; of all matters there are none so utterly useless by themselves as your mere matters of fact.
The true facts are not always obvious. They often have to be looked for.
But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.
False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.
When you're a liar, a person of low moral fortitude, really any explanation you need to be true can be true. Especially if you're smart enough. You can figure out a way to justify anything.
The truth is more important than the facts.