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title: "5 Lie Wish Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [What is it in people, or just in people like me, that would rather let a lie go by, would rather wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kirn/what-is-it-in-people-or-just-in-people-like-me-that-would-rather-let/)

[Walter Kirn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kirn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/walter-kirn-2189_away_what-is-it-in-people-or-just-in-people-l_1402042.png)

> [“People lie because they wish to impress those around them. I seek to impress no one. You would be wise to remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/people-lie-because-they-wish-to-impress-those-around-them-i-seek-to/)

[Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/gena-showalter-541_people-lie_people-lie-because-they-wish-to-impress_1955856.png)

> [“Choose a lie that others wish to believe” was written beneath it. “They will cling to it, even if it is proven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-hardinge/choose-a-lie-that-others-wish-to-believe-was-written-beneath-it-they/)

[Frances Hardinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-hardinge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/172/frances-hardinge-1417_truth_choose-a-lie-that-others-wish-to-believe_2264301.png)

> [We laugh at a man who, stepping out of his room at the very minute when the sun is rising, says, “It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-laugh-at-a-man-who-stepping-out-of-his-room-at-the-very-minute/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/677/anonymous-1_expression_we-laugh-at-a-man-who-stepping-out-of-hi_2508707.jpg)

> [Not going to lie, I wish I was a Pussycat Doll.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mckenna/not-going-to-lie-i-wish-i-was-a-pussycat-doll/)

[Megan McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mckenna/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/megan-mckenna-3094_cats_not-going-to-lie-i-wish-i-was-a-pussycat_2984937.jpg)

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