Common Quote by Mark Twain

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…

— Tad Williams

Lies hold civilization together. If people ever seriously begin telling each other what they really think, there'd be no peace. Good-bye to tact. Good-bye…

— Jack McDevitt

“Lying is the work of people who are told their truths have no value. The labour of survival is laden with myth and misunderstanding.…

— Amber Dawn

The fact is, lying is a necessity, we lie to ourselves because the truth freaking hurts. No matter how hard we try to ignore…

— Anonymous

I tell lies sometimes. The last time I lied was a year ago. I absolutely detest lying. You could say that lying and silence…

— Haruki Murakami

Lying is a false significance of speech, with a will to deceive, which cannot be cured but by shame and reason; it is a…

— Jon Jones

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

— Adrienne Rich

We lie by not telling you things...We don't lie by telling you things that aren't true.

— Oliver North

Oh, they never lie. They dissemble, evade, prevaricate, confound, confuse, distract, obscure, subtly misrepresent and willfully misunderstand with what often appears to be a…

— Anonymous

“Telling lies is a really terrible thing. These days, lies and silence are the two greatest sins in human society you might say. In…

— Haruki Murakami

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

— Errol Morris

“What has become clear is that lies are just a temporary solution to a permanent problem. Lying to spare a person's feelings, even when…

— Veronica Roth