Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
—Oscar Levant
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
—Havelock Ellis
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
—André Gide
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
—Yogi Berra
Lies are like children: they're hard work, but it's worth it because the future depends on them.
—Pam Davis
It's easier to remember your lies if they're close to the truth.
—Jennifer Echols in Such a Rush
Lies are like children. If you don't nurture them, they'll never be useful later.
—Randy K. Milholland
Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.
—Aristotle
Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped telling them.
—Clare Booth Luce
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
—Friedrich Nietzsche
The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.
—H. L. Mencken
All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
—Jerome K. Jerome
A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
—Mark Twain
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
—Mark Twain
The history of our race, and each individual's experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.
—Plato