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Niccolò Machiavelli

Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts.

Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if it should be noticed, excuses must be at hand to be produced immediately.

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Terry Pratchett

Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.

Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.

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Georges Bernanos

There is nothing that God hates so much as a liar.

There is nothing that God hates so much as a liar.

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William Faulkner

Even a liar can be scared into telling the truth

Even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as an honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.