And yet they lie all the time, both when they wish to lie and when they wish to speak the truth. They lie all the time, both to themselves and to others.

And I tell you that people comparatively rarely tell a deliberate lie. In most cases they think they speak the truth. And yet they lie all the time, both when they wish to lie and when they wish to speak the truth. They lie all the time, both to themselves and to others. Therefore nobody ever understands either himself or anyone else.

If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.

Everybody lies about sex.

Everyone has a lie we're quietly waiting to believe.

Resistance is always lying and always full of shit.

One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them.

…we all lie to ourselves; we tell our own selves more lies than we ever do other people.

"Because everybody lies. It's part of living in society. Don't get me wrong-I think it's necessary. The last thing anyone wants is to live in a society where total honesty prevails. Can you imagine the conversations? You're short and fat, one person might say, and the other might answer, I know. But you smell bad. It just wouldn't work. So people lie by omission all the time. People will tell you most of the story...and I've learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they're afraid." -Jo

<em>Sometimes people need to lie to themselves most of all.</em>

You exaggerate everything. You continually force the truth because you're always looking for something.

Lying has become so much the accepted norm that people lie even when it would be simpler to tell the truth.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Seriously, I've just realized that almost everyone is a fraud, so I try not to feel too bad about it.