A Quote by Pierre Corneille

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.

Pierre Corneille

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Pierre Corneille
French - Dramatist
June 6, 1606 - October 1, 1684

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie

Pierre Corneille

What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church ... a lie out of necessity, a useful lie, a helpful lie, such lies would not be against God, he would accept them.

Martin Luther

A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth

Joseph Goebbels

But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.

Immanuel Kant

I come from a family who prided themselves, both sides, on memory. And I was told growing up, constantly, that I was born with a really good memory.

Robbie Robertson

You told a lie, an odious damned lie; Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie.

William Shakespeare

A liar ought to have a good memory.

Quintilian

A liar did ought to have a good memory.

Flora Thompson

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

Pierre Corneille

It takes good memory to keep up a lie

Pierre Corneille

What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good.

Martin Luther

Truth is the only good and the purest pity. ... Men lie for profit or for pity. All lies turn to poison, but a lie that is told for pity or shame breeds such a host of ills that no power on earth can compass their redemption.

Storm Jameson

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.

Michel de Montaigne

I have a good memory. But I would be interested in memory even if I had a bad memory, because I believe that memory is our soul. If we lose our memory completely, we are without a soul.

Umberto Eco

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn't?

Quentin Crisp

A lie told well is just as good as the truth.

Jonah Lehrer

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