"He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings."

Deception, Truth, Ambiguity, Perception

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"He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings."

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"Walking purposefully, in the knowledge that no one with their sleeves rolled up who walks purposefully with a piece of paper held conspicuously in their hand is ever challenged, he set off across the wood and canvas wonderland of Interesting and Instructive Kinematography."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"I think President Obama is trying to deceive the public in pretending that he was not a part of Congress that has made some decisions in the past that got us to where we are today."

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"You can trust bad liars."

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"When you become complacent with someone lying, whether it is a close friend, the media, or your government, then you have essentially given them permission to continue to do so and most often at your expense."

Gary Hopkins, American Author

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"The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an insurance company out of several hundred thousand dollars."

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"Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception."

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"She looks honestly upset, but then, I've learned that I can't read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they're always lying."

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"If you want your lie to be believed then you need to speak thousand truths before you lie."

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"She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy; but her manners were excellent."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"You and your sister are very dear to each other. To show your regard, you give each other lovely bouquets of lies."

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"Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend."

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"And empty words are evil."

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"For that man is detested by me as the gates of hell whose outward words conceal his inmost thoughts."

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"Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other."

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"But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions."

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