"Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny."
— Hamlet
"One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives."
"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."
— The Bible, Exodus 20:16, the Ninth Commandment (New International Version)
"If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!"
— The Bible, Matthew 10
"It takes a lifetime to build a reputation, and a single rumor to destroy it."
— Proverbial
"[T]hey have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanders; sixth and lastly, they have belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things; and, to conclude, they are lying knaves."
— Dogberry, Much Ado About Nothing
Ray: You told people I lured children into my gingerbread house.
Homer: Heheheheh. Yeah, that was just a lie.
"When you hear reports that the Hero has been involved in some illicit activity, remain skeptical; it's probably a Frame-Up. "
"You're lying! I never hit you! YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA!"
—Johnny, The Room (2003)