"There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie"

"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie"

"A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings"

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time"

"Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely"

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth"

"A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on"

"One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth"

"Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music"

"We all know that art is not truth. Art is lie that makes us realise truth"

"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"