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

It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. – Jerome K. Jerome

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

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. – Saki