I'd rather hear an ugly truth, rather than an obscure lie.

For people who say they hate being lied to, just start telling them nothing but the pure truth--about everything. That will teach them

He who cannot lie does not know what the truth is

You have a choice," she told the class. "The whorish emptiness of lies or the straightlaced horrors of truth.

...and an edge that could cut a truth from a lie.

The truth hurts but a lie will eventually as well