Quintilian Quotes

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

A liar should have a good memory.

Liars ought to have good memories.

For me, the facts in anything are always secondary. You don't lie convincingly with the truth. You lie convincingly with being a good liar.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Liars need to have good memories.

Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

… the most transparent liar I have ever met

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.

Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.

To be a liar, you've got to have a great memory, and I don't have a memory.

Liars are always most disposed to swear.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

Anybody can make something up and have it sound believable. The hard part is remembering all the lies you've told, and all the people you've told them to, and then living the lies that have become your life.

You get so used to lying that after a while it’s hard to remember what the truth is.

I've become very conscious of how easy it is for people to lie.

I don't use the word 'lying' easily.

A lie cannot live.

I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child.

I was a good liar as a child.

I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.