Stieg Larsson Quotes

With the first drink comes the truth, with the second drink comes wishful thinking, and with the third drink come the lies.

The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie.

In discussing these exceptions from the course of nature, the first question is, whether the fact be justly stated. That which is strange is delightful, and a pleasing error is not willingly detected.

Then what are you like, Annabel?" he shot back. "A liar, like you told me that first day? Come on. That was the biggest lie of all.

They've lied about everything.-about the fence, and the existence of Invalids, about a million other things besides. They told us the raids were carried out for our own protection. They told us the regulators were only interested in keeping the peace. They told us love was a disease. They told us it would kill us in the end. For the very first time I realize, that this, too, maight also be a lie.

When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie.

When people tell a lie about something, they have to make up a bunch of lies to go with the first one. ‘Mythomania’ is the word for it.

A lie is the abandonment and, as it were, the annihilation of the dignity by man.

A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.

Of all forms of deception self-deception is the most deadly, and of all deceived persons the self-deceived are the least likely to discover the fraud.

Only God gets things right the first time.

A man who lies about beer makes enemies.

He did not care for the lying at first. He hated it. Then later he had come to like it. It was part of being an insider but it was a very corrupting business.

He told me he wouldn't hurt... Charlie. He lied to me.

Donald Trump lies with astonishing frequency and in stunning volume.

It's an ancient technique known as lying, Khouri.

Man is bound to lie about himself

Man can certainly keep on lying (and does so), but he cannot make truth falsehood.

The subject of drama is The Lie. At the end of the drama THE TRUTH -- which has been overlooked, disregarded, scorned, and denied -- prevails. And that is how we know the Drama is done.

Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less.

Lying became part of my life. I lied if I needed to lie to get something or get out of something

What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good.

Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.