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“I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.” Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne
“DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
“Anything's better than lying and deceit.” Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth—but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of it... but tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you...” Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
“Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!” William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2
“What’s the most offensive is not their lying—one can always forgive lying—lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth—what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying...” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
“For my part, if a lie may do thee grace, I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have.” William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1
“Done to death by slanderous tongues was the Hero that here lies.” William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
“Marry, sir, they have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanders; sixth and lastly, they have belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things; and to conclude, they are lying knaves.” William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
“I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible.” J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
“When treating with liars, even an honest man must lie.” George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
“Hermione was the last person to do anything against the rules, and here she was, pretending she had, to get them out of trouble. It was as if Snape had started handing out sweets.” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
“I prefer to think that I'm a liar in a way that's uniquely my own.” Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

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