The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.
Aldous Huxley

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'
Charles M. Schulz

Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.
Charles M. Schulz

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
H. L. Mencken

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
H. L. Mencken

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.
H. L. Mencken

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
Vladimir Lenin

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.
Paulo Coelho

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
Stephen King

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
Stephen King

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
Tim Allen

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
Eric Hoffer

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.
Eric Hoffer

Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.
Ambrose Bierce

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
William Wordsworth

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie down and die and to never have lived, to have been a job chaser and never have lived.
Gertrude Stein

You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
Dean Martin

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
Edmund Burke