“They ought to pass a rule in this country in any investigations, if a man couldn’t tell the truth the first time he shouldn’t be allowed to try again.” — Will Rogers, “At Least One Lawyer Found for Every Barrel of Oil,” New York Times (1924-03-02)
Tag: lying
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“It was my habit to lie to strangers, because how would they know the difference?” — Laura van den Berg, “Acrobat,” The Isle of Youth
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“The first lie in the series is the one you make with the greatest trepidation and the heaviest heart.” — Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
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“There are only two things that I know of that a man wont brag of, one is lying, and the other is jealousy.” — Josh Billings, “Lobstir Sallad,” The Complete Works of Josh Billings
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“I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and generally misses of its aim in every one of these views.” — Philip Stanhope, Letters To His Son (1747-09-21)
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“The surprising thing isn’t that we’re irrational about how we spend our time and money. It’s how much effort we put into lying about it.” — Seth Godin, Lottery math is human math
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“How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!” — Mark Twain, Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2
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“There are three sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each differently.” — Robert Evans, The Kid Stays in the Picture
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“If a thing was right fundamentally the lying was not supposed to matter. There was a lot of lying though. He did not care for the lying at first. He hated it. Then later he had come to like it. It was part of being an insider but it was a very corrupting business.” — Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
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“I think there is much need of wise examination into what sorts of lies are best and wholesomest to be indulged, seeing we must all lie and we do all lie.” — Mark Twain, On the Decay of the Art of Lying
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