When you rationalize, you do just that. You make rational lies.

Some lies are so well disguised to resemble truth, that we should be poor judges of the truth not to believe them.

Clever liars give details, but the cleverest don't.

Lying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the ameliorations that it offers, life would become a mere syllogism and hence too metallic to be borne.

Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.

Where lies are easily admitted, the father of lies is not easily kept out. Source unknown A great leader molds public opinion, a wise leader listens to it.

Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.

''They say'' is often a great liar.

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.

It is easier to gather up a bag of loose feathers than to round up or head off a single lie.