Julio Cortazar Quotes

He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.

Liars ought to have good memories.

Intelligent people, caught at anything, denied it. Faced with evidence of having denied it falsely, people said they had not done it and had not lied about it, and didn't remember it, but if they had done it, or lied about it, they would have done it and misspoken themselves about it in an interest so much higher as to alter the nature of doing and lying altogether.

We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.

A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.

It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

The trouble with a liar is he can't remember what he said.

We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick dust of forgetfulness.

Memory creates a hallucination of the past, desire creates a hallucination of the future.

A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem

A good liar must have a good memory.

One of my weaknesses happens to be lying, and I could tell you that I'm never going to lie again in my life, but that would be a lie.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

The focus of subjectivity is a distorting mirror.

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

Like many people, I have a fascination with lies and the people who tell them. I wouldn't say I've never told a lie, but I don't think I've ever told one without both assuming I would be found out and feeling absolutely rotten about it.

I have a hard time keeping a story straight when I tell the truth because when you start lying you have to remember what you said, and I'm not very good at that.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.