"The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception"
- Friedrich Nietzsche
About this Quote
This quote by Friedrich Nietzsche suggests that people are more likely to trick themselves than to deceive others. To put it simply, people are most likely to think in their own incorrect narratives or ideas about truth instead of purposefully mislead someone else. This might imply that self-deception is more regular and possibly more damaging than other types of deception.
"The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside those limits"