But lying is no easy matter to dispense with. Not for little reason is lying the first sin in the Bible. Satan lies to Eve. And then lies beget lies. As any architect knows, a lie can make an entire building collapse.
Lies bring disorder.
And then they self-destruct. That's Monica Lewinsky's dilemma precisely. If her statement is logically true, then it is also logically false. The liar ends up trapped, even as she would try to extricate herself from her own lies. It becomes a case of Monica versus Monica.