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What does this line mean: "What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive" (lemmy.ml)

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Lying leads to a huge mess, don't start
When you start lying, you're not good at it yet

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

If you lie, you have to consistently repeat that story to keep up the lie. This usually involves smaller lies to pad the bigger lie with so it blends in with truth. This is like a web, where all stories are connected and each must be upheld for the main big lie to be believable.

Someone who doesn’t have years of experience in lying and its consequences won’t know that each subsequent lie now needs to be upheld, so things get messy.