“Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost.”
Source: East of Eden
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John Steinbeck 366
American writer 1902–1968Related quotes
To John Dean in April 1973 http://books.google.com/?id=JpRAAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22If+you+are+going+to+lie+you+go+to+jail+for+the+lie+rather+than+the+crime+So+believe+me+don't+ever+lie%22&pg=PA42. Dean was due to testify before the Senate Watergate Committee, which he did on 25 June 1973.
1970s
Listen, Little Man! (1948)
Context: The kindly individual believes that all people are kindly and act accordingly. The plague individual believes that all people lie, swindle, steal and crave power. Clearly, then, the living is at a disadvantage and in danger.
The Point of No Return
Albums, Revolutionary Vol. 2 (2003)
“Sometimes,” Sam says, “I can’t tell when you’re lying.”
“I never lie,” I lie.”
Source: White Cat
“A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”
