liar

ghost

lying

transparency

dad joke

trust

bullshitter

Cockney Rhyming Slang

paradox

There's a word for that

pathological liar

neck

dog owner

barking

is one who is admired most extravagantly by the American people is the most daring of liars. People detest those who tell them the truth.

The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars... the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth. H. L. Mencken

is one who rightly recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation.

The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company. Oscar Wilde

is bound not to be believed even when he tells the truth.

A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth. Marcus Tullius Cicero

's most useful tool is the trust of the innocent.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool. Stephen King

's aim is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure... he is the very basis of civilized society.

The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society. Oscar Wilde

is immortal when told well. A truth is not hard to kill. This is the lesson of the history of our race.

The history of our race, and each individual's experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal. Mark Twain

is distinguished from the visionary in that the liar only lies to others whereas the visionary lies to himself.

The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others. Friedrich Nietzsche

is punished thusly: not that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. George Bernard Shaw

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