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Originally Posted by alatar
Not exactly sure what you mean (as I'm just entering this discussion), but just because a Wizard or other prattles on in your ear, it doesn't mean that you have to listen. I only note the involvement of Saruman/Sauron as there is historical precedent (i.e. Freca, if I have that right).
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Lies have been used to corrupt maiar, to kindle strife among the noldor, and to bring about the fall of Men. It is even mentioned in the Silmarillion that Melkor dispersed his might through lies too - that must account for something, seeing that he falls from being the most powerful vala to less than a maia ("Sauron was 'greater', effectively, in the Second Age than Morgoth at the end of the First" ~ Myths Transformed). Melkor sow deceit of "old and ever anew", which bears fruit as long as Arda lasts.