The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.
There is only one sin, and that is theft. When you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.
The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.
Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.
Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta
8Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
People ask me why it's so hard to trust others. The real question is, why is it so hard for people to tell the truth?
But here's the truth about the truth: It hurts. So we lie.
Meredith Grey in Grey's Anatomy - Season 2 Episode 14
31Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
Lies
Mark Twain
Batman
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Conor McGregor
Khaled Hosseini