Writers tell more truths, and more lies, than most.

Diplomats lie with a heavy sense of destiny.

Healthy vanity sweeps through life. Sickly vanity lies in bed.

Lies save trouble now, but may return in thunder and lightning.

The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality.

Never lie in writing.

Keep your lies short and simple.

It is hard to tell truth, and hard not to.

Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.