“The more you defend a lie, the angrier you become.”
Source: For One More Day
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Judith Sheindlin (1942) American lawyer, judge, television personality, and author
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“The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie;”
Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann (1728–1795) Swiss philosophical writer, naturalist, and physician
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| <br class="br">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.”
Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology
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Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind
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.”
Holly Black book The Darkest Part of the Forest
The Darkest Part of the Forest
“Lie and Lie until you succeed.”
Akshay Agrawal (1998) Serial Social Entrepreneur
TEDx talk at Oberoi International School, Mumbai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUisKJ7hnwA