It is the truth in the stereotype that is objectionable.
Jan 312013
Lying
To a quite unwreckable Lie,
To a most impeccable Lie!
To a water-tight, fire-proof, angle-iron, sunk-hinge, time-lock, steel-faced Lie!
Not a private hansom Lie,
But a pair-and-brougham Lie,
Not a little-place-at-Tooting, but a country-house-with-shooting
And a ring-fence-deer-park Lie.
—-Kipling
Jan 112013
Your terrible secret is that you have no terrible secret.
Jan 042013
The successful liar is never forgiven for showing us how tawdry the stories are in which we are eager to believe.
Nov 132012
Sometimes one lies to avoid the appearance of lying.
Nov 122012
Beneath our surface of deceit and pretense lies a core of pretense and deceit.