“Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.”
            Falsehood, iii 
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XIX - Truth and Convenience
        
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                        “A thousand fools believe a lie, and it’s good as truth.”
                                        
                                        Part 1, “Ashore” - Chapter 5 (p. 28) 
A Door into Ocean (1986)
                                    
 
                            
                        
                        
                        “You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there.”
Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson
 
                            
                        
                        
                        “Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working.”
Source: Post Office (1971)
 
                            
                        
                        
                        “1092. Children and Fools tell Truth.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
 
                            
                        
                        
                        
                                        
                                        Variant: A sign is anything that can be used to tell a lie. 
Source: Trattato di semiotica generale (1975); [A Theory of Semiotics] (1976)
                                    
 
                            
                        
                        
                        “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
 
                            
                        
                        
                        “If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell.”
Telling the Truth (1977)
 
        
     
                             
                            