Malicious lying is usually a matter of need, but often the cruelest things we say are the truth.

To a liar, the most dangerous individual is the person who catches lies but doesn't say anything about it. Then the liar isn't sure which lies are compromised.

The more people say nice things about me, the more I feel it's false.

A handful of truth is better than a mouthful of lies.

Es gibt immer einen Punkt dabei, wo man nicht mehr weiß, ob man lügt oder ob das, was man erfunden hat, wahrer ist als man selber.

There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one.