“Sometimes the most preposterous lies are the most believable.”

“The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too. You'd think they'd be on the look-out for lies, but they seem to be the very ones that will believe almost anything at all.”

Dashiell Hammett book The Thin Man

“The things that are most precious to us are sometimes the most secret.”

Ally Carter (1974) American writer

“Sometimes the most ruthless heart speaks the most truth”

Cassandra Clare book Lord of Shadows

“A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.”

Herman Melville book Poor Man's Pudding and Rich Man's Crumbs

“Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals.”

Philip Yancey (1949) American writer

“I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie.”

Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of Attolia

“Men lie the most,

women tell the biggest lies.”

Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director

“Men of most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law.”

John Milton book Tetrachordon