They are lying. We know they are lying. They know we know they are lying. Yet, they are still lying.

Not found in any of his works. Probably from a description of a Russian custom called vranyo, used socially or politically. A recent example: "One of the ways people survived these mind-bending issues was to practice what is known in Russia as 'vranyo.' It is deemed a 'white lie' and is generally accepted as acceptable. Vranyo is described as when a person knows he is lying and expects the other person to understand that. One of my colleagues said, 'He was lying to us, we knew he was lying, he knew we knew he was lying, but he kept lying anyway, and we pretended to believe him.' " Why Lying Has Become a National Pastime, The Moscow Times, 22 October 2012.