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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.

People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

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.

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions.