Quotes About Fibbing

Throughout her life, Warren published little tip sheets—"Althea's Ways to Achieve Reading"—to encourage people to find time for books. She approved of fibbing if it gave you an additional opportunity to read.

You live a great deal too much in the society of women. And you have contracted two very bad habits in consequence. You have learnt to talk nonsense seriously, and you have got into a way of telling fibs for the pleasure of telling them.

I always was getting into trouble some way, because I was really good at lying when I was a kid.