There are no noble lies, but useful myths abound.
Dec 252019
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
Dec 172019
We say that it can’t be true when we mean that it mustn’t.
Dec 062019
No one inveighs so strictly against ad hominem as degenerate liars.
Oct 222019
Lies are products, and supply must be commensurate with demand.
Oct 172019
The check is sometimes in the mail, but no one has ever been just curious.
Oct 032019
Clever lies are as common as clever truths are rare.
Oct 012019
It’s not usually the truth that’s being shoved down your throat.
Sep 302019
“We” means neither me nor thee.
Sep 172019
The subtle tempter praises mediocrity to attack excellence, and deviance to attack normality.
Sep 112019
Journalists used to be raffish and amusing liars, and they are no longer raffish or amusing.