Travelers from afar can lie with impunity.

— French proverb

Who lies for you will lie against you.

— Bosnian proverb

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

— Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, essayist, and poet, 1850-1894

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanations.

— Saki [AKA Hector Hugh Monro], British writer and social critic, 1870-1916

A half-truth is a whole lie.

— Jewish proverb

A liar should have a good memory.

— Quintilian [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus], Roman rhetorician from Hispania, 35-100 AD

Thou shalt not bear witness against thy neighbor.

— The Bible
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