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"Lies! All lies! You are the greatest liar I have ever meet!"
--Garth

A lie is a deliberate statement which is untrue, usually as a means to deceive or mislead another individual. Someone who tells a lie is called a "liar".

One of the great legends surrounding Vulcans is that this race is incapable of telling a lie. While generally believed to be accurate, Vulcans are in fact capable of telling lies, usually justifying this action as a logical course towards a means to an end. An example would be lying to carry out a secret mission or lying to protect the lives of others. Both Spock and Valeris were capable of lying; although Valeris's motives were somewhat dubious (TOS: "The Enterprise Incident", Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

Miranda Jones once called James T. Kirk a liar, proclaiming "It's a lie!" when Kirk stated that Jones and tried to murder Spock while mind melding with a Medusan. (TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?").

Garth of Izar once said that Marta was "the greatest liar I have ever met" when she claimed to have written a verse from a play by William Shakespeare. (TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy")

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