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“Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.”

― George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

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“I wanted all thingsTo seem to make some sense,So we all could be happy, yes,Instead of tense.And I made up liesSo that they all fit nice,And I made this sad worldA par-a-dise.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

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“The man who lies to the world, is the world's slave from then on”

― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

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“I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

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“Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar.”

― C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

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“So, that's what they wanted: lies. Beautiful lies. That's what they needed. People were fools. It was going to be easy for me.”

― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

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“We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.”

― Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

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“My dear fellow, the truth isn't quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

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“When a man really tells the truth, the first truth he tells is that he himself is a liar.”

― G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World

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