“Honesty is the best policy—when there is money in it.”
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The Silent Colossal National Lie
“The spoken lie is of no consequence, and it is not worth while to go around fussing about it and trying to make believe that it is an important matter. The silent colossal National Lie that is the support and confederate of all the tyrannies and shams and inequalities and unfairnesses that afflict the peoples—that is the one to throw bricks and sermons at.”
Fiction is Obliged to Stick to Possibilities
“Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.”
The Lives of a Cat and a Lie
“The principal difference between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives.”
Telling the Strict Truth
“Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.”
Bearing False Witness
“There are 869 different forms of lying, but only one of them has been squarely forbidden. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”
