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It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth. (Milne A. A.)
Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. (Milne A. A.)
Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it (Milne A. A.)
It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation. (Milne A. A.)
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forbearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that -- being what it is -- it falls so short of in fact and in deed. (Milne A. A.)
Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone. (Milne A. A.)
When the world has got hold of a lie, it is astonishing how hard it is to kill it. You beat it over the head, till it seems to have given up the ghost, and behold! the next day it is as healthy as ever. (Milne A. A.)
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. (Milne A. A.)
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. (Milne A. A.)
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy. (Milne A. A.)
Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. (Milne A. A.)
Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true. (Milne A. A.)
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true. (Milne A. A.)
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. (Milne A. A.)
I am a lie who always speaks the truth. (Milne A. A.)
A liar is full of oaths. (Milne A. A.)
Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically -- for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist -- but then what isn t? (Milne A. A.)
Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another. (Milne A. A.)
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others. (Milne A. A.)
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest. (Milne A. A.)
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable. (Milne A. A.)
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