“The more you defend a lie, the angrier you become.”
Source: For One More Day
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“The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie;”
As quoted in Aphorisms and Reflections on Men, Morals, and Things, 1800, p. 4. http://books.google.com/books?id=vFJFAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA4&ots=ZtdzIH54NC&dq=inauthor%3Ajohann%20inauthor%3Azimmermann%20%22the%20more%20you%20speak%20of%20yourself%22&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q=inauthor:johann%20inauthor:zimmermann%20%22the%20more%20you%20speak%20of%20yourself%22&f=false|
Context: The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie; say but little, 'twill scarcely gain belief; so strong are partiality and envy.
“When you tell a lie often enough, you become unable to distinguish it from the truth.”
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Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 40, “On the Horns” (p. 290)
Context: Any student of mine must be able to defend his ideas against an attack. No matter how you spend your life, your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp!
“All boys lie," Ben said. "And all girls lie, too. I lie. You lie. Don't pretend you don't.”
The Darkest Part of the Forest
“Lie and Lie until you succeed.”
TEDx talk at Oberoi International School, Mumbai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUisKJ7hnwA