Laurence J. Peter Quotes

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!

Anyone can lie. One need only have the requisite intention - in other words, to say something with the intention to deceive. Faking, by contrast, is an achievement. To fake things you have to take people in, yourself included.

I was a good liar as a child.

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

I was on a train of lies. I couldn't jump off.

People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.

Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived.

Deception is everywhere.

The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.

In my lifetime I have never seen such a volume of deceiving and dissembling.

The world loves to be deceived.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive.

Men lie the most. Men lie all the time.

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

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head.

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

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

I like women, but you can't always trust them. Some of them are big liars, like this one woman I met who had a dog. I asked her her dog's name and then I asked, 'Does he bite?' and she said, 'No.' And I said, 'So how does he eat?' Liar!

If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together.

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.