How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people. – Edward Frederic Benson

If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of what the liar said to be certain. But the opposite of truth has a hundred thousand faces and an infinite field. – Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth. – Mark Twain, Following the Equator