We sometimes benefit way more from being lied to than the person lying to us.

It is not easy to keep a friend convinced that you still deserve to be kept as a friend, especially if you hate lying.

We often want to hear, not what is true, but what we want to hear.

98% of the things said by a drunk man are true; 98% of those said by a horny man aren’t.

To hear how much of a great human being you were — even if you really weren’t — open your ears at your funeral.

Most people want to be told the truth … most of the time.

Some lies are more useful than, or useful unlike, some facts.

The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are … or they think we are.

Sometimes the truth is way more comforting than the misbelief or the lie from which we derive comfort.