What about lies? (3)

If you tell a lie to make a person better, then that is not a sin. Sun Myung Moon

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. Mark Twain

The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time. Mary Wilson Little

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. Denis Diderot

It takes good memory to keep up a lie. Pierre Corneille

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. Oliver Herford

I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence? Tony Gilroy

 

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