I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
John Gotti

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.
Alexander Pope

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.
Alexander Pope

Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

I can't judge any of you. I have no malice against you and no ribbons for you. But I think that it is high time that you all start looking at yourselves, and judging the lie that you live in.
Charles Manson

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

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
Alfred Adler

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.
Alfred Adler

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.
Alfred Adler

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.
Franz Kafka

I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
Michel de Montaigne

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
Michel de Montaigne

The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
Michel de Montaigne

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.
Mike Krzyzewski

If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
Satchel Paige

Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
Edward de Bono

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

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
Otto von Bismarck

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
Fyodor Dostoevsky

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
Benjamin Disraeli