“I'm drunk but truthful.”

“they may all be drunk at my place, but they're all honest, and though we do lie-because I lie, too-in the end we'll lie our way to the truth”

“In Russia, drunks are our kindest people. Our kindest people are also the most drunk.”

“My friend, I've been lying all my life. Even when I was telling the truth. I never spoke for the truth, but only for myself, I knew that before, but only now do I see...Oh, where are those friends whom I have insulted with my friendship all my life? And everyone, everyone! Savez-vous, perhaps I'm lying now; certainly I'm also lying now. The worst of it is that I believe myself when I lie. The most difficult thing in life is to live and not lie...and...and not believe one's own lie, yes, yes, that's precisely it!”

“In wine is truth, and the truth had all come out, "that is, all the uncleanness of his coarse and envious heart"!”

“Everything passes, only truth remains.”

“Lying is a delightful thing for it leads to the truth.”