Wouldn't it be kinder to say that a lie is a short work of fiction? 'A story' as my daughter says?
A critic is a person who rationalizes his likes and dislikes in such impressive language that the layman thinks he is reasoning instead of rationalizing.
money is an acquired taste that grows as it is fed.
Diamonds are the tears of the poor.
Everything you do in war is a crime in peace
the fool is the one true cosmopolite - the one character common to all nationalities.